The point being why are the British doing this on foot when specialist vehicles can be used? Surely we don't think we are still in Northern Ireland and are looking to disarm these devices in order to obtain the evidence necessary to arrest the bomb maker and take him to court? Or is it still as I suspect a lack of kit?
Someone has raised this very point on another thread and was warned that answering it would have security implications. Obviously if someone steps on an IED then there's little that can be done, but what is the rationale for guys attempting to disarm them at great risk to their lives, when they could be treated in the same way as "blinds" on grenade/mortar shoots and taken out with a bit of plastic explosive? No doubt someone will tell me I don't need to know the reason for this, but considering the number of these guys who are getting killed I hope the reason is a bloody good one.