Pen-flares are small, hand-held devices used for warning Afghan drivers to remain a safe distance from convoys or checkpoints. Defence said the Australians would continue to use the flares as a ...

The "pen flares" are small hand-held devices that project an incandescent flare about 50 metres. The flare is intense enough to be clearly visible by day or night.

AUSTRALIAN soldiers might have avoided fatally shooting an Afghan policeman had they first fired a warning flare, a Defence inquiry has found. Read Today's Paper Mind Games.

The pen with built-in flare gun would be fit for James Bond, pictured as played by Sean Connery in Thunderball (Rex) "It also can start fires, shoot a flare if you are lost, ...

There is a small but lively market of pens that can also save your hide in dicey situations. The Endure Survival Pen is one of the latest, putting a tiny flare launcher, fire starter and other ...

ENDURE Survival Pen Lets You Start Fires, Shoot Flares And More (video) 7:56 am May 4, 2015 By Julian Horsey. ... shoot a flare, make a snare and even take notes.

The yellow box and pen is a pen flare with nine shots while the silver card on the orange string is a heliograph or signal mirror. There is also a signal flare, sea marker dye and survival blanket.