Welcome to the Counter-IED Report website, one-stop information and news source for Counter-IED professionals worldwide. The Counter-IED Report is a leading international subscription-based publication, which serves as an information source to communicate the latest developments in the fight against the IED threat. The aim of the Counter-IED Report is to identify technological advances as well as strategies and tactics for countering threat networks, reduce IED manufacture and placement, assist post-conflict humanitarian demining and capacity building efforts worldwide. We strive to deliver an up-to-date, first-hand expert knowledge, and facilitate information sharing between stakeholders, academia and the industry. The report is published in print, eBook and PDF formats, and distributed worldwide. The distribution is tailored to the highly engaged audience of EOD, CIED, CBRNe, Defence, Law Enforcement, CT and Security professionals and senior decision makers in government, public and private sectors. Additional print copies of the Report are also distributed at the relevant Defence and Security events through our Media Partnership Programme.
Latest News
- Pakistan: Landmines in tribal areas
September 17, 2018
Landmines are a serious hazard in tribal areas of Pakistan. When the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) started returning to their homes in 2017 after a series of military operations in the tribal areas — they found their villages and areas surrounding their houses littered with deadly landmines. These landmines cost many locals their lives and ...
- 7 injured as explosion hits General Santos City, Philippines
September 16, 2018
At least seven people were injured after an improvised explosive device went off in General Santos City Sunday noon. According to Lt. Col. Ezra Balagtey, spokesperson of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Eastern Mindanao Command, the explosion occurred at 11:55 a.m. along the national highway in Barangay Apopong. The victims, he said, are not in critical ...
- Vietnam, RoK team up in dealing with bomb, mine pollution
September 16, 2018
The project, started on September 15, is scheduled to complete on December 31, 2020 with the support of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), the UN Development Programme in Vietnam as well as relevant agencies of both sides. Objectives of the project include defining the exact polluted areas and optimise the efficiency of resources for bomb ...
- Keeping up with the changing face of security
September 14, 2018
Press Release By Philip Ingram MBE, Grey Hare Media Ltd We have been lucky in 2018 after the terror that tore across Europe and the UK in 2016 – 2017 with vehicle, knife and bomb attacks happening in Nice, London Bridge, Westminster, Manchester and Barcelona. These are just a few of the places left reeling from a wave ...
- UK To Donate £5 Million Of Military Equipment To Jordan
September 13, 2018
The UK is set to donate more than £5 million of military equipment to Jordan in a bid to strengthen the kingdom’s borders. The move, signed off by the Foreign Office, will see unarmoured vehicles, observation devices, radios, detectors to find improvised explosive devices, medical packs and uniforms sent to the Jordanian Armed Forces. Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, ...
- Mastermind of IED blast among two militants killed in Sopore
September 13, 2018
Two Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) militants including a mastermind of Sopore IED blast were killed on Thursday in an encounter that broke out in Chankipora area of Sopore town in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Both the slain militants as per the police are foreigners, saying that one among the slain militants was important commanders of JeM and was ...
- Inside the FBI’s secret bomb lab
September 12, 2018
In a highly classified lab, protected by many layers of security within the sprawling Redstone Arsenal Army post southwest of Huntsville, the FBI’s chief explosive scientist is surrounded by powerful reminders of the ever-evolving threat posed by terrorist bomb makers plotting the next 9/11. The 2001 shoe bomb worn by Al Qaeda terrorist Richard Reid. The 2010 ...
- Scientists propose a new method for detecting dangerous nitrogen-containing liquids
September 11, 2018
A team of researchers from the Institute of Physical and Mathematical Sciences and Information Technologies of Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University (BFU), together with their colleagues from Gebze Technical University, used nuclear magnetic resonance to detect toxic and flammable nitrogen-containing liquids. The study was published in Chemical Physics. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is the effect of energy ...
- More sophisticated terror attacks remain deadliest threat, DHS concludes
September 11, 2018
Despite fears rising globally about lone-wolf terrorist attacks inspired by extremists, more sophisticated foreign terrorist plots like those employing multiple forms of violence and direct involvement by terrorist organizations remain the deadliest threat, a new Homeland Security intelligence assessment concludes. The assessment obtained by CNN analyzed 99 terror attacks linked to foreign terrorist organizations from 2014 ...
- Navy EOD Techs Awarded Bronze Stars
September 11, 2018
Two Sailors from Naval School Explosive Ordnance Disposal (NAVSCOLEOD) were awarded the Bronze Star Medal, for meritorious service in support of Special Operations Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, during an award presentation held onboard Eglin Air Force Base Sept. 11. During the command’s 9/11 remembrance ceremony at the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Memorial next to the ...
- Death Toll Rises To 32 In Nangarhar Explosion
September 11, 2018
A suicide bomber targeted a protest in Mohmand Dara district in Nangarhar province on Tuesday afternoon. Provincial governor’s spokesman said at least 19 people were killed and 57 others were wounded in the explosion. However, the provincial public health directorate said at least 32 people were killed and 128 others were wounded in the explosion. The deputy head ...
- AMISOM and UNMAS pledge to work together to counter the threat of IEDs in Somalia
September 9, 2018
The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) have pledged to strengthen their collaboration to effectively counter the threat posed by Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) to the country’s stability. The pledge was made on Tuesday at a meeting between the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union ...
- Joint military counter-terror training operation between Egypt and US
September 7, 2018
The Egyptian army announced joint military training exercises with the United States on Thursday, to combat terrorism and reducing the threat of improvised explosive devices (IED), two days before the launch of “Operation Bright Star.” A military spokesman, Col. Tamer Al-Rifai, stated that “training was conducted to exchange expertise in counter-terrorism between elements of the American Special Forces (SOFD-A) and Egyptian ...
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