ADE-651 Magic Wand Bomb Detector Is a Fraud, Probably Killed Hundreds
 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQMwXo1SSVo

Makes me sick, I wanna bomb Mofo inventor/seller's house!!

Did no one actually try it beforehand? Retards.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADE_651

Seriously, how can anyone assume that this was real ?

Basically they look like hot glue guns with a wire sticking out of the bottom. The "cards" are those RFID cards most of us who work in offices have as "swipe" or "scan" cards and serve no actual purpose. The device itself can't actually read the cards either as it lacks the technology to read the card.

Its been x-rayed by the US military and they said theres very little in the way of technology inside. No microcontroller, nothing to detect proximity or any sort of particles.

Its like a fucking dowsing rod

The thing is; you have to wonder how many bombers were scared off by this device? No matter how in-effective it was in practice, the fear of being detected by some mystery technology by someone who didn't understand it/know it didn't work probably prevented some deaths.

At$ 40k a pop I wish I would've thought of the idea. The inventor made about 5k profit per "detector" and sold a few million dollars worth so hes laughing all the way to the bank.

Stupid Iraqi government.

just goes to show that when society gets desperate, ignorance will prevail.

.fail.... Iraqis... fail...

wow FAIL

The level of failure for everything involved here is just staggering.

you're saying you that plastic junk costs $35k ??? :haha::haha:

he probably made like $34990 profit and $5k/ea went to advertising $10 went to manufacturing

jeebus. This dude needs to be shot.

what a joke

wow that guy should be in jail

Actually, the guy was detained on Friday and then bailed out.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8477601.stm

If it weren't for oil, stupid retards like this senior government official would still be riding camels around their fields.

that equals 29990 profit

that is MASSIVE FAIL.

But yes, in a cup half full type of thing. The device might have prevented some bombings merely by the fact that some bombers would be scared off by these so called, devices.

Could the money have been put to something else? Probably.

no way the bombers would be put off my these devices... even if they really worked. these bombers have way more balls and conviction to do their destructive tasks that they're willing to take on the US Army....

and it's a wonder how a scam like this ever made it past any sort of scrutiny from the iraqi government... when you're desperate i suppose... or maybe there's some sort of kickback to the iraqi government for buying all that crap

^^^ I want to agree with the iraqi government getting kickbacks.

now way they would spend that amount of cash on sumthing and not even bother to check it out. they could of brought a shitload of bomb sniffing dogs and maintain them for that price.

wow. what a douchebag.

Detect and diffuse bombs the simple way.

Do it "the hurt locker" way.

no the guy sold it for $40k each

the $35k remark was about cost and the profit being $5k (from the $40k total)

It is incredible! Who will ever think there is a page dedicate to ADE 651!

:facepalm:

So your saying you think there is 35K in Cost associated with this fake device? and only 5K profit?

Did you buy one too at "cost" and laughed all the way to the mine field?

Since this thread is a year old I've forgotten what my logic was but the $35k was likely a mix of manufacturing costs and bribery. I think I forgot to make that point in my original postings.

Big ups to our new member Alan Turing for bringing this thread back from the dead.

"The reason the director of the company was arrested was not because the device doesn't work, but because he refused to divulge the secret of how it works to the British authorities, and the Americans before them," the general was quoted as saying.
"I have tested it in practice and it works effectively and 100% reliably."

That link was a good read. Sounds like it could be snake oil with a REALLY good salesman.

This makes me sick

You know for sure there were kickbacks and bribes involved in this. Everyone just clawing to make a quick buck at the cost of 'cheap' lives, it's disgusting. This reminds me of the dragon skin vs. interceptor body armour controversy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Skin_%28armor%29) ... not enough kickbacks or bribery involved there :rolleyes:

ADE-651 aka. piece of shit fucking dowsing rod. I'm suprised they didn't bundle it with a free tin foil hat