Welcome to the Counter-IED Report website, a one-stop source of information and news for Counter-IED professionals. The Counter-IED Report is the leading international subscription-based publication covering the latest developments in the fight against the IED threat. The purpose of the Counter-IED Report is to identify technological advances, as well as strategies and tactics to counter threat networks, reduce IED production and placement, assist in post-conflict humanitarian demining, and capacity-building efforts worldwide. We are committed to providing up-to-date, first-hand expertise and facilitating information sharing among stakeholders, academia and industry. The magazine is published in print, e-book and PDF formats and distributed worldwide. The distribution is tailored to the highly engaged audience of Counter-IED, EOD, CBRNe, Defence, Law Enforcement, Humanitarian Demining and Security professionals and senior decision makers in government, public and private sectors. Additional hard copies of the Report are also distributed at the defence and security events through our Media Partnership Program.
Latest News
- Washington: Moses Lake Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for “Setting off an Explosive Device”
November 16, 2024
Chief United States District Judge Stanley A. Bastian sentenced Nicholas Andrew Anardi, age 33, of Moses Lake, Washington, to 60 months in federal prison for setting off an explosive device. Chief ...
- Iraq: Bomb squad dismantles 27 war remnants in Diyala
November 16, 2024
Ministry of Interior’s Bomb Squad announced on Saturday that it had successfully neutralized 27 war remnants in Diyala province. In a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), the ministry ...
- Norway to join direct financing of Ukrainian weapons production
November 15, 2024
Norway will join the “Danish format” of support – direct financing of Ukrainian arms and equipment production. Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov wrote this in a post on his Facebook ...
- Florida: 9th CES EOD conducts munitions disposal
November 15, 2024
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – The 9th Civil Engineer Squadron’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight will perform a routine munition disposal on Range C-62 Nov. 18 from 11 a.m. to ...
- Ukraine: Japan’s ambassador meets with State Emergency Service to discuss humanitarian demining
November 15, 2024
The newly appointed Ambassador of Japan to Ukraine, Masashi Nakagome, discussed humanitarian demining with the leadership of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine. Representatives from the Japanese Embassy delegation arrived at ...
- Top 20th CBRNE Command chief warrant officer promoted during ceremony on APG
November 15, 2024
The command chief warrant officer for the U.S. Department of Defense’s premier Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives (CBRNE) command was promoted to chief warrant officer 4 on Aberdeen Proving Ground, ...
- Italy: 15 police taken to ER after IED explodes at Turin march
November 15, 2024
Around 15 police officers had to be taken to a hospital emergency room after a IED exploded during clashes with student protesters in Turin on Friday. The IED was reportedly thrown ...
- United States and Cameroon Join Forces to Combat Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) Threats
November 15, 2024
The United States Embassy in Cameroon announces the completion of an IED Threats and Awareness course on November 4-8, 2024, in Yaoundé. This training is a collaborative effort between the ...
- UNIFIL Statement: Artillery Shell Hits UNIFIL Sector West Headquarters
November 15, 2024
Shama (Lebanon), 15 November 2024 – This afternoon, a 155mm live artillery shell hit UNP 2-3, UNIFIL West Sector headquarters in Shama. The shell did not detonate and Italian bomb disposal ...
- Pakistan: Seven killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as militant’s car bomb explodes accidentally
November 14, 2024
A powerful car bomb accidentally detonated at the house of a Pakistani Taliban militant in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least two children and five suspected militants, police said. The ...
- U.S. Marines Bring New Capabilities to International Naval Exercise
November 14, 2024
The U.S. Marine Corps participated in their first Phoenix Express exercise Nov. 5-15 bringing new capabilities to critical maritime security operations training. The Marines, from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 8th Engineer ...
- Brazil: Suspected bomber dead after trying to enter Brazil’s Supreme Court ahead of G20
November 14, 2024
A man killed himself with a bomb outside Brazil’s Supreme Court after trying to enter the building on Wednesday, officials said, stirring security concerns before the country hosts global leaders ...
- UK: Man arrested after guns and grenades found at Market Rasen property
November 14, 2024
A man has been arrested after police discovered guns, grenades and mortar shells at a Lincolnshire property. Officers attended the property in Chapman Street, Market Rasen, on Wednesday, November 13. The ...
- Hong Kong: Mastermind of foiled bomb plot to target police is jailed for nearly 24 years
November 14, 2024
The mastermind behind a foiled bomb plot during anti-government protests in Hong Kong in 2019 has been jailed for nearly 24 years in the city’s first case brought under an ...
- Pakistan: Major among two ISPR personnel killed in IED explosion in Punjab
November 14, 2024
An officer and a soldier were martyred on Thursday after an improvised explosive device exploded on the leading vehicle of security forces during an operation against terrorists in Harnai district. The ...
- Russia: FSB foils attempted terrorist attack on power station in Nizhny Tagil
November 13, 2024
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has foiled a terrorist attack on an electrical substation that provides energy to a military-industrial facility and the infrastructure of the Sverdlovsk Railway in ...
- Israel: Rocket with standard explosive located near Ben Gurion International Airport
November 13, 2024
A rocket-like object was located, for the first time, in the village of Budrus, several kilometers from Ben Gurion International Airport, containing a standard, not improvised, explosive, that terrorists planned ...
- A first for Aussie clearance divers
November 13, 2024
The ADF has, for the first time, deployed a Navy clearance diving team to a Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA) exercise. The team exercised with FPDA partners at Tioman Island, Malaysia, ...
