improvised explosive device
Britishnoun
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Oxford Research Group’s chief executive, Richard Reeve, likened averting asymmetric attacks to defending against Improvised Explosive Device or suicide attacks on land forces.
From Reuters • Jun. 14, 2019
The Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, the defence department's bomb-fighting agency, declined to discuss the system, citing classification issues.
From Nature • Sep. 12, 2012
Highlighting just how seriously the Pentagon takes the threat, last week England signed a memo elevating what had been a mere Pentagon task force into the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization.
From Time Magazine Archive
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