Intelligent Jamming Solution to Defeat the Growing Menance of Remotely Controlled Improvised Devices (Rcieds) Using Electronic Counter Measures

Radio Controlled Improvised Explosive Device (RCIED) has become a powerful weapon in the hands of Insurgents fighting an Asymmetric war. In the Afghanistan and Iraq war increasing number of IEDs are causing 60% to 65% of war casualties in terms of soldiers’ lives and military equipment. The use of IEDs and RCIEDs have percolated to civilian sector. It is estimated that 80,000 innocent civilians lost their lives and 1.5 lakh persons were fatally injured due to IED/RCIEDs in last 5 years. USA alone has spent 12.5 billion dollars (INR 75,000 crores) in last 3 years on research to mute RCIED explosions. In this article the genesis of IED/RCIED, its proliferation to civilian areas will be presented. The methods and technologies to prevent/mute RCIEDs their inadequacies will be discussed. A new approach for an intelligent jammer is presented along with detailed hardware block diagram. It uses an elegant, simple scheme for time synchronization of multiple jammers. In this paper, calculation of jammer power vis-à-vis the maximum jamming ranges achievable are modeled and computed when the insurgent is using a Thuraya (GEO) Satellite Phone.