ARMED FORCES RECEIVE NEW IDENTIFIERS OF EXPLOSIVE DEVICES
DEFENSE and SECURITY (Russia)
January 25, 2012 Wednesday
Representative of the Defense Ministry for the Southern Military
District Colonel Igor Gorbul reported that the ministry started
purchasing identifiers Korshun.
He said, "At the end of 2011, mechanized infantry brigades in Stavropol
Territory and in Volgograd Region, as well as at military bases abroad
(Armenia, South Ossetia, Abkhazia and Ukraine (Crimea) received more
than 100 portable detectors of proximity explosive devices Korshun
that allowed remote finding of explosive devices."
The device allows remote detection of explosive devices that contain
radio electronic components or ready-made lethal elements. He adds
that Korshun provides for detection of explosive devices and their
disarming regardless of whether they are in a switched on or switched
off condition.
The time of preparation of the device for work does not exceed ten
minutes. Along with this, it can work for more than eight hours without
interruption at ambient temperature from -30 to -50 degrees and at
relative humidity of 95%. The speed of movement of a sapper during
the search may amount up to three kilometers an hour. The weight of
the device is about five kilograms.
Source: Rosbalt news agency, January 23, 2012
From: A. Papazian
DEFENSE and SECURITY (Russia)
January 25, 2012 Wednesday
Representative of the Defense Ministry for the Southern Military
District Colonel Igor Gorbul reported that the ministry started
purchasing identifiers Korshun.
He said, "At the end of 2011, mechanized infantry brigades in Stavropol
Territory and in Volgograd Region, as well as at military bases abroad
(Armenia, South Ossetia, Abkhazia and Ukraine (Crimea) received more
than 100 portable detectors of proximity explosive devices Korshun
that allowed remote finding of explosive devices."
The device allows remote detection of explosive devices that contain
radio electronic components or ready-made lethal elements. He adds
that Korshun provides for detection of explosive devices and their
disarming regardless of whether they are in a switched on or switched
off condition.
The time of preparation of the device for work does not exceed ten
minutes. Along with this, it can work for more than eight hours without
interruption at ambient temperature from -30 to -50 degrees and at
relative humidity of 95%. The speed of movement of a sapper during
the search may amount up to three kilometers an hour. The weight of
the device is about five kilograms.
Source: Rosbalt news agency, January 23, 2012
From: A. Papazian