'Afghanistan is just like Iraq hot, dusty and full of people who
want to kill you', SSgt Simon Fuller, Royal Engineer Search
Advisor
Bomb Hunters tells the story of the British army's elite bomb
disposal experts, men who face death every day in the most
dangerous region of the most lethal country on earth Helmand
Province, Afghanistan.
Bomb Hunters are up against the Improvised Explosive Device the
IED the deadly homemade bombs planted by the Taliban. Hard to
detect and easy to trigger, an estimated 10 bombs for every one of
the 10,000 British troops have been planted in the region. IEDs are
now the main killer of British troops in Afghanistan and the
ultimate psychological weapon.
Bomb Hunters work in 50-degree heat as they take the 'long walk'
into the kill zone, defusing as many as 15 bombs a day. In the past
year the casualty rate has soared as the troops have become locked
into a deadly game of cat and mouse to locate and deactivate the
deadly bombs before they maim and kill soldiers, police and
civilians. Skill, cold courage and inevitably pure luck play a huge
part in the survival of these men and as the British public have
already seen a single lapse of concentration can result in instant
death.
Ex-paratrooper, now defence journalist, Sean Rayment, takes the
reader on a journey into the heat and dust of Helmand Province as
he meets these courageous soldiers while they put their lives at
risk to prevent other British troops falling victim to the IED. He
interviews the Bomb Hunters as they perform their duties on the
frontline and paints a breathtaking picture of what life is like
for the men who play poker with their own lives every day, who live
knowing the enemy watches their every move, waiting for a weakness
to show itself, a pattern in technique to be exploited, or an error
to be made that triggers the device itself.
This is as vivid and dramatic as war reporting gets, mixing
'close to the bone' narrative and dead-pan black humour from the
Bomb Hunters themselves, some of whom were subsequently killed in
action. No punches will be pulled on what these men feel about the
war, their place in it, the politicians and generals who send them
there, and how they deal with the relentless pressure of the job
itself in the heart of the world's most hostile combat
environment."
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