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
- Russia: FSB detains Russian man for preparing terrorist attacks in Belgorod, Bryansk, Tula regions
November 18, 2024
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained a 48-year-old Russian citizen for planning terrorist attacks in Belgorod, Bryansk, and Tula regions under the direction of Ukrainian special services, the ...
- Pakistan: IED blast rocks Peshawar-Parachinar highway
November 18, 2024
An improvised explosive device (IED) planted on the Peshawar-Parachinar highway at Charkhel area in lower parts of Kurram tribal district detonated with a loud explosion early Sunday morning. No casualties were ...
- Poland signs agreement with domestic companies to manufacture explosives
November 18, 2024
The Polish government has signed a letter of intent with domestic companies to make the nitrocellulose and multi-base powders necessary for producing ammunition, it said on Monday. Since Russia launched its ...
- Somalia: Three killed, one injured in explosion in Lower Shabelle
November 18, 2024
In Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region, a civilian vehicle triggered a landmine, resulting in the death of three individuals and leaving another wounded, local officials reported Monday. According to the local administration’s ...
- Vidisco Announces US Patent Award
November 17, 2024
Vidisco is proud to announce the awarding of a U.S. patent, an esteemed recognition that highlights the distinct innovation and technological advancement of our portable X-ray systems. This patent affirms Vidisco’s ...
- Netherlands: World War II bombs safely neutralized near Moordrecht
November 17, 2024
Two unexploded World War II aircraft bombs were safely neutralized overnight from Saturday to Sunday near Moordrecht in South Holland, the municipality of Zuidplas reported. The first bomb was rendered safe ...
- Iraq: Roadside bomb kills three soldiers near Tuz Khurmatu
November 17, 2024
A roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi army vehicle killed three soldiers in northern Iraq on Sunday, police and hospital sources said. The attack near the town of Tuz Khurmatu, about 175 ...
- Pakistan: FIRs registered against three ‘terrorists’ arrested in Islamabad
November 17, 2024
According to the FIR, a police team of CTD got information about presence of three suspects in wooded area near Srinagar Highway, located in H-13, during surveillance at Islamabad Chowk. The ...
- India: National Security Guard’s joint counter-terrorism, counter-IED exercise conclude in Gurugram
November 16, 2024
The National Security Guard’s (NSG) 10th National Joint Counter-Terrorism Exercise, ‘Exercise Agnipariksha,’ and the 8th National Joint Counter-IED Exercise, ‘Exercise Visfot Kawach,’ concluded at the NSG garrison in Gurugram on ...
- 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 ...
