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The GT200 is a fraudulent "remote substance detector" that was claimed by its manufacturer, UK-based Global Technical Ltd, to be able to detect, from a distance, various substances including explosives and drugs. The GT200 was sold to a number of countries for a cost of up to £22,000 per unit, but the device has been described as little more than "divining rods" which lack any scientific explanation for why they should work. After the similar ADE 651 was exposed as a fraud, the UK Government banned the export of such devices to Iraq and Afghanistan in January 2010 and warned foreign governments that the GT200 and ADE 651 are "wholly ineffective" at detecting bombs and explosives. The owner of Global Technical, Gary Bolton, was convicted on 26 July 2013 on two charges of fraud relating to t

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  • GT200은 소위 원격물질탐지기 (remote substance detector)로 일컬어지는 장비로, 그 성능의 진위여부가 논란의 대상이 되고 있다. 제조사인 영국의 글로벌 테크니컬 회사는 이 장비로 일정 거리내에서 마약과 폭발물을 비롯한 여러 성분을 탐지해낼 수 있다고 주장한다. GT200은 개당 2만2천 파운드 (약 3만6천 달러) 가량의 가격에 태국, 멕시코 및 필리핀을 비롯한 수개국에 팔렸으나 장비의 과학적 근거에 대한 아무런 증거가 없다는 비판을 받아왔다. 영국 정부는 2010년 GT200의 이라크 및 아프가니스탄 판매를 금지한 바 있다. (ko)
  • The GT200 is a fraudulent "remote substance detector" that was claimed by its manufacturer, UK-based Global Technical Ltd, to be able to detect, from a distance, various substances including explosives and drugs. The GT200 was sold to a number of countries for a cost of up to £22,000 per unit, but the device has been described as little more than "divining rods" which lack any scientific explanation for why they should work. After the similar ADE 651 was exposed as a fraud, the UK Government banned the export of such devices to Iraq and Afghanistan in January 2010 and warned foreign governments that the GT200 and ADE 651 are "wholly ineffective" at detecting bombs and explosives. The owner of Global Technical, Gary Bolton, was convicted on 26 July 2013 on two charges of fraud relating to t (en)
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