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WASHINGTON, May 5 (UPI) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Rumsfeld has approved $10 million to rush 10,000 new jammers to Iraq to help combat roadside bombs, Pentagon officials said Thursday.
The $10 million is being released under an emergency authorization provision approved by Congress that lets the Pentagon move up to $100 million without going through the standard reporting procedures so long as it is done for troop force protection reasons.
"We are replacing miles of paperwork and lots of bureaucracy with personal accountability," said House Armed Services Committee Chairman Duncan Hunter, R-Calif.
Each of the jammers costs $1,000. They were just tested last month and will be flooded into Iraq in the next two months, CQ Today reported this week.
The new jammer, the details of which are classified, can be hand-held or mounted to vehicles. The current Warlock jammer is vehicle-mounted and depends on power from the engine.
Jammers are not the cure all for the roadside bomb problem, but will help combat those detonated by a remote electronic signal from a cell phone or even garage door opener.
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