Which statement best defines an Improvised Explosive Device (IED)?

Which statement best defines an Improvised Explosive Device (IED)?

• A. A device designed to deliver electrical signals
• B. A device using nonlethal chemicals
• C. A device incorporating destructive/lethal/incendiary chemicals designed to kill/destroy/distract
• D. A conventional bomb powered by a car battery

Answer: (C)

An Improvised Explosive Device is a device built or adapted outside of regular military ordnance to produce an explosive, incendiary, or destructive effect intended to harm, destroy, or distract. The option that describes a device incorporating destructive/lethal/incendiary chemicals designed to kill/destroy/distract matches that purpose and payload, which is what defines an IED. The other statements describe tools not meant to explode (a signaling device) or nonlethal chemicals, or refer to conventional ordnance rather than an improvisation, which is the hallmark of an IED.

An Improvised Explosive Device is a device built or adapted outside of regular military ordnance to produce an explosive, incendiary, or destructive effect intended to harm, destroy, or distract. The option that describes a device incorporating destructive/lethal/incendiary chemicals designed to kill/destroy/distract matches that purpose and payload, which is what defines an IED. The other statements describe tools not meant to explode (a signaling device) or nonlethal chemicals, or refer to conventional ordnance rather than an improvisation, which is the hallmark of an IED.