European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 11, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday August 11, 1989 the stars and Stripe a Page 9 Over Here ski Gap Mil tar a highly Mobile Spanish robot operated from a Safe distance by Remote control uses a pressurized Stream of water and Salt to destroy a simulated bomb. Spanish robot does bang up Job at Rota by Gary Miller Naples Burea Rota. Spain the Small Black robot Rolls on its Caterpillar tracks to its target. Us single mechanical Arm Points twin shiny Metal cylinders at a military Issue Brief Case containing a simulated bomb. Remotely controlling the machine from a Safe distance away the robot s operator examines the Case on a television Monitor picture provided by Avideo camera on the robot s Arm. Bang blasts of Salt and water triggered by the operator Stream from the cylinders ripping through the Case and the simulated bomb  bomb is disabled and the explosive ordnance disposal unit at naval station Rota. Spain is out of one Plas tic  demonstration of the robot s capabilities was one of several show and Lell sessions during a recent week of training at Kola that introduce cd explosive ordnance disposal members fro Spain and the United Stales to new approaches to the old Challenge of handling explosives. The Spanish team from nearby Cadi brought the $60,000 robot which among other things can push out a car door lock with a Small charge then go into the car and take out what Ever they  . Navy Petty offi cer 2nd class Joel Rex said. There weren t any cars available soothe binational explosives experts used the robot and its liquid propellants on the briefcase. Rex explained that the Spanish us water in their bomb disarming efforts be cause it can be propelled with great velocity by electrically ignited .50-Calibercharge s. The use Salt because it will tear without creating Sparks. The intended re sult of the combination is a bomb that s torn apart but not  be never seen Salt used before but it s a Good idea. You learn something  he  High Loch technique is Tricky to perform. Rex said because it is difficult to learn to control the robot. The operator sees what the machine sees on the to Luvison Monitor and controls its movement and operation of the mechanical Arm on a panel that s similar to but More complicated than a video game. The operator s commands arc relayed to the robot via Cable. Nevertheless the robot offers bomb squads flexibility. You could use it Tenter a contaminated environment where a person could not enter or stay for Long Rex said. Spanish and american participants inthe training called it a valuable experience. We change our methods because of the Contact said Spanish master chief Petty officer David Jimenez who is assigned tothe Spanish mine  unit at Palma Mallorca. They showed us a Way of dealing with Limpet mines that May be Bette than the Way we have been doing it said it. Don hurry officer in charge of the . Navy disposal unit in Rota citing that As an example of How work ing with their Spanish counterparts benefited his Crew. A Limpet mine is a explosive attached to a ship usually by a diver. Also on display during the training was the spaniards High tech alternative to explosive sniffing dogs. The electronic sniffer consists of Agun shaped device for taking a Sample of air from an area suspected of con Taining a bomb and a portable Analyse that assesses the Sample electronically and chemically in less than three min utes. The system can select one billionth of a part of explosive in the air said Spanish Petty officer 1st class Joaquin Ramos. Even in the age of robots and elec tronic bomb sniffers much bomb demolition work is still trial and error. An that s one of the reasons the binational training is so valuable hurry said. The sessions make possible the Exchange of new ideas and provide opportunities to reapply old concepts he said.  I u ,. A it -., of a  Jam Kisi of. Joaquin Ramos left and curios Garcia senior cos in the Spanish nut Check the target d