A tripflare is a device used by military forces to secure an area and to guard against infiltration.[1] It consists of tripwire around the area, linked to one or more flares. When the tripwire is triggered, as by someone unsuspectingly disturbing it, the flare is activated and begins burning. The light from the flare simultaneously warns that the perimeter may have been breached and also gives light for investigating.[2] In defensive operations, tripflares are usually placed in predetermined kill zones with machine guns sighted on them.
A tripflare is a device used by military forces to secure an area and to guard against infiltration. It consists of tripwire around the area, linked to...
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lethal explosive devices is deemed to be unsuitable, it is easy to emplace tripflares in and around the wire obstacle in order to make night-time infiltration...
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extensive use of tripflares in Italy, after their perimeters had been repeatedly infiltrated at night by U.S. Army Rangers. Tripflares helped foil an attack...
1969, Thiokol was awarded a U.S. Army contract to manufacture 750,000 Tripflares for use in the Vietnam War. In 1971, an explosion in the magnesium flare...
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strands broken by hand to muffle the tell-tale "snip" of wire-cutters. Tripflares were neutralized by wrapping their triggers with cloth or strips of bamboo...
Artillery was based here in October–November 1969. On 9 April 1970 at 23:00 a Tripflare was activated on the perimeter of the camp alerting the defenders. At...
the perimeter bunkers.: 138 Manning bunkers was not the only problem. Tripflares located in the Concertina wire around the base were not always reset or...
others. The explosion, believed to have been due to a fire caused by tripflares being manufactured by Thiokol for use in the ongoing Vietnam War, occurred...
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