In a first of its kind
of reverse technology sharing between India and the US, an innovative Explosive
Detection Kit developed by Indian scientists would be manufactured in America
and sold globally for quick detection and identification of combinations of
explosives.
The India-developed
US-manufactured Explosive Detection Kit
(EDK) was launched at the US Chamber of Commerce building in Washington - a
block away from the White House on Aug 2nd 2013.
Reny M Roy, the
Indian scientist who developed this technology, said that the EDK kits have
been successfully used in preventing several terrorists' attacks and even
immediately detecting the type of explosive used in the event of a bomb blast.
Developed by a
constituent DRDO laboratory, High Energy Material Research Laboratory in Pune,
the EDK is developed for quick detection and identification of explosives based
on any combination of nitro-esters, nitramines, trinitrotoluene, dynamite or
black powder. It was in use from 2002 in India. The Kit is portable, cost
effective and can be used in both pre-blast and post-blast scenarios even in
contaminated conditions. It is being used by bomb detection and disposal squads
of the Army, paramilitary forces and police in India.
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