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Iraq swears by "dowsing" bomb detectors

Posted on Monday, 9 November, 2009 | 6 comments

The security forces in Iraq use a device to detect bombs and weapons that the US military believes to be useless, the ADE 651 device uses a telescopic metal rod to detect explosives in much the same way as dowsing for water.

Despite major bombings that have rattled the nation, and fears of rising violence as American troops withdraw, Iraq’s security forces have been relying on a device to detect bombs and weapons that the United States military and technical experts say is useless.

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#2 Posted by magickaldan on 9 November, 2009, 18:18
I guess if the bombers think they work, they may be a lil effective in deterring them.

#3 Posted by aquatus1 on 9 November, 2009, 19:27
Well...not to put too fine a point on it, but mine detection is a rather results-oriented business. I can only imagine that any teams they have putting this theory to work will rapidly make a list of pros and cons.

#4 Posted by odiesbsc on 11 November, 2009, 12:36
Although some people may scoff at the idea of dowsing rods, the people who use them swear by em'. My Grandfather in Oklahoma used to drill water wells and he used dowsing rods and always got water where he said there would be. Also in VietNam, the Army used them to locate the tunnels where the V...

#5 Posted by Torgo on 11 November, 2009, 13:23
No, there isn't something to it. At all. Completely ignoring the fact that there is NO mechanism by which it could work, controlled experiments show it to only work when the person holding the dowsing device knows where the thing they are looking for is (or has a pretty good idea) and that whe...

#6 Posted by SQLserver on 11 November, 2009, 16:05
It is nonsense, and it is dangerous nonsense.

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