Lately there have been many people that I know keeping exotic dogs as pets. Somehow the dogs’ life seemed better than mine at times. Now I’ve got an answer. The US security gun, or war command center, Pentagon, spends $19 billion only to discover that the best bomb-detector is the ‘man’s best friend’. Yes, all those drones with super high-tech metal detectors or chemical sniffers, and super x-ray lens can all just go down the drain.
Despite being equipped with a slew of bomb-finding gadgets that cost billions, the American military only manage to locate about 50 percent of the improvised explosives planted in Afghanistan and Iraq. But that number jumps significantly to 80 percent when U.S. and Afghan patrols bring along their pet dogs for a sniff-heavy walk.
“Dogs are the best detectors,” Lieutenant General Michael Oates, the commander of the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, told a conference yesterday, National Defense reports. That’s not the greatest admission for a well-funded organization – nearly $19 billion since 2004, according to a congressional committee – tasked with solving one of the military’s wickedest problems. And oh, the little doggy at the top is supposed to be a very happy Pomeranian with a nicely done hair treatment.
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