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In reply to the discussion: Did you know our troops and the Iraqi Army have been using dowsing rods to search for IEDs? [View all]jmowreader
(50,530 posts)62. I have always wondered...
During the Cold War, the Soviets spent more on anti-land mine research than the rest of the world combined. They had mine detectors of all sizes, mine-sniffing dogs, trucks for clearing mines (they had an attachment that looked like a street sweeping brush with logging chain for bristles and a thick steel shield to protect the driver) and troops dedicated to mine clearing.
When we discovered Iraq was a mine war, why didn't we go to one of Cheney's pals with an old copy of Jane's Weapon Systems turned to the "Mine Warfare - USSR" page, point at the antimine tech, and ask for that?
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Did you know our troops and the Iraqi Army have been using dowsing rods to search for IEDs? [View all]
backscatter712
Mar 2013
OP
Apparently, the bad guy in this story isn't the guy selling fucking dowsing rods as bomb detectors..
SidDithers
Mar 2013
#22
Randi has mistakenly been called a Republican before, by a now banned poster...
SidDithers
Mar 2013
#25
And he threw the term "scientific materialist" around as if we're supposed to be insulted.
backscatter712
Mar 2013
#41
I read about this nonsense here on DU a couple of years ago, they used them to "scan" vehicles
arcane1
Mar 2013
#7
Got to do a better job than our weapons inspectors did in Iraq, and plenty believed in them (nt)
The Straight Story
Mar 2013
#10
And scientists are able to reproduce this under controlled conditions? n/t
backscatter712
Mar 2013
#38
Dowsing rods seem crazy to me, but so many people have claimed to have found
ZombieHorde
Mar 2013
#36
Chances are that you will be unsuccessful. However I knew a man who had the "skill." ...
spin
Mar 2013
#42
My Dad (1910-1996) was a popular local dowser for wells (and mineral propector too).
PufPuf23
Mar 2013
#55