America’s Joint Improvised Explosive Device Organization: A $20 Billion Dollar Pentagon Junk Heap by John Stanton…

“Improvised explosive devices, and the networks that use these asymmetric weapons, will remain an enduring threat to U.S. forces and the nation for decades to come, the Defense Department’s top counter-IED official told lawmakers Sept. 20. The IED is the weapon of choice for threat networks because they are cheap, made from readily available off-the-shelf