World’s first anti-suicide bomber dog
Published: July 11, 2006
A three year old Labrador called Pyeonghwa, which means ‘peace’ will be deployed in Northern Iraq in a few weeks. Her job will be to detect suicide bombers.
The Labrador, who was trained in Korea by UK based specialised police officers, will prove to be an invaluable aid in Iraq, as British forces attempt to install order in the country. She will be joining Korean troops already stationed on the ground.
The small Labrador is the first dog in history to be trained for the specific purpose of preventing would be suicide bombers from detonating their devices. She is trained to detect the specific explosive
substances that are used in self detonating
bombs used by suicide bombers.
While most dogs are trained to concealed explosives, Pyeonghwa is trained to spot the combination of human body language and explosives that located on that person’s body. She is trained to pick up facial signals and body language and then covertly investigates that person, giving a passive signal to her handler, who then tackles the potential bomber.
She was donated by the electronics firm Samsung, the company who sponsored the Jindo breeding programme in Korea.
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