ANKARA - A Turkish electronics company has produced a new jammer to prevent remote-controlled terrorist bomb attacks, a company official told the AA.
The new device, "Savar" (the Turkish equivalent for repeller), incorporated into a single unit various jamming systems used in different parts of world, and was produced by Turkish engineers with 100 percent Turkish capital, the company official said who asked for anonymity because of corporate security and secrecy.
The official also said that the project, which cost about 1 million USD, has drawn much international attention as the Japanese, Korean and the British offered cooperation.
The new jammer covers a 30 km perimeter and proved effective on tests against all sorts of remote-controlled explosives operated by cell phones and systems using radio frequencies.