2007-11-14 22:43:47 · 6 answers · asked by red blue 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Dogs have a sense of smell thousands of times more powerful than ours. Unfortunately, they can't communicate properly with us. They can differentiate the smell of explosives, even differentiate between them, but they can't understand the concept of bomb.
The way they're used, they get rewarded for smelling some odors and reacting to them and not for others. Kind of Pavlovian experience. Unfortunately, they're trained to react to other signs in a way the law enforcers can get what they want regardless of what the dog finds.
How reliable are they? I'd say pretty much reliable. But it doesn't mean you're safer just because the TSA's dog checked the baggage of the guy sitting next to you on the plane.
2007-11-14 23:51:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dogs have a greater sense of smeel than humans. They can smell common chemicals used in explosives and are trained to do so. Therefore, they are highly reliable as bomb-alarms and they are less expensive than technological machinery.
2007-11-15 07:10:57 · answer #2 · answered by baddius 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Australian Army in Afghanistan is using dogs to sniff out mines and I.E.D.s with very good success.
2007-11-15 08:19:15 · answer #3 · answered by conranger1 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
reliable.
especially effective when they are sniffing out the carbomb, and the planter /driver is sweating in fear of being detected.
2007-11-15 06:54:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
By barking bomb wake up.
2007-11-15 07:35:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
ask again so we understand what you want to know
2007-11-15 06:53:39 · answer #6 · answered by mmdjaajl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋