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News Release from: StacoSwitch | Subject: Series 30 rugged sealed switches
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 27 July 2006
Troops provided with IED protection
StacoSwitch supplies rugged sealed switches to companies providing American armed forces with classified equipment successfully used to prevent deadly attacks from improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
StacoSwitch, a Southern California Switch Manufacturer, is supplying their Series 30 rugged sealed switches to manufacturing companies providing American armed forces with classified equipment successfully used to prevent deadly attacks from improvised explosive devices (IEDs) These devices using StacoSwitch Series 30 switches have been credited with saving American lives
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 15 Aug 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Thousands of US soldiers have been killed or badly injured by IEDs in Iraq.
The Iraq Coalition Casualty Count has reported that 35 of the 61 US troops killed in action in June 2006 died from IEDs.
IEDs have killed more than 903 soldiers in Iraq and injured hundreds more.
Before detecting technology, IEDs were almost impossible to detect.
They can easily be camouflaged, hidden, or buried and can be triggered using remote controls or by command wire.
According to a March 2006 Newsweek article, "The Pentagon and Central Command do not like to get into specifics, for fear of tipping off the insurgents, but officials claim that the military is disarming an ever-greater number of IEDs before they can kill Americans".
The classified device that is currently saving lives in Iraq will defeat IEDs before the device kills or maims.
Kevin Judd, VP of Marketing at StacoSwitch says, "We are proud to provide equipment that directly protects our troops from fatal IED attacks".
"As IEDs become more sophisticated and harder to detect, we hope StacoSwitch and its partners will continue to be invaluable to saving lives in Iraq".
says Judd.
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