Bomb Hunters: In Afghanistan with Britain's Elite Bomb Disposal Unit Book

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.

Bomb Hunters tells the story of the British army's elite team of bomb disposal experts, men who face death every day in the most dangerous region of the most lethal country on earth -- Helmand Province in Afghanistan.