Chemical detector.

AuthorWilson, Andrew
PositionReaders forum - Letter to the Editor

Your article in the April issue of ND on Chem-Bio gear (U.S. Rushes to Upgrade Chem-Bio Gear, pg. 24) was on target for the most part, but you missed one of the critical pieces of equipment to protect our soldiers in the current conflict, the ACADA. The Automatic Chemical Agent Detector and Alarm, has been fielded in large quantities (exact numbers are classified), and to date has not had one false alarm over the course of this conflict with Iraq.

ACADA was developed under an IPT (Integrated Product Team) with SBCCOM and Smiths Detection which bas produced the most reliable and trusted chemical detector in history.

The...

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