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
- The shadow constellation: How Starlink devices are shaping conflict and crime in the Sahel
May 20, 2025
Violent extremist groups in the Sahel, including Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), are exploiting Starlink to enhance their operational capabilities. Criminal actors are ...
- Data-as-a-Product: A Force Multiplier for CBRN Defense
May 20, 2025
Biological agents have become cheaper, faster, and easier for adversaries to engineer and employ due to advancements in science and technology. Though defeating these dynamic threats can be challenging, the ...
- Venezuela suspends flights from Colombia after arrests of ‘mercenaries’
May 20, 2025
Venezuela has suspended flights from neighbouring Colombia after authorities detained more than 30 people allegedly plotting activities to destabilise the country before Sunday’s parliamentary election. Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello ...
- Germany: Explosive ordnance clearance at former Tegel Airport completed
May 20, 2025
The clearance of explosive ordnance on the tarmac of the former Tegel Airport has been completed much earlier than planned. Originally, around a year and a half more time was planned ...
- Michigan: Pipe bombs found in abandoned vehicle in Saginaw
May 20, 2025
Authorities discovered pipe bombs in an abandoned vehicle in Saginaw this week thanks, in part, to an explosive-sniffing K9, according to the Saginaw Police Department. A Saginaw officer and police dog ...
- US airport security agency does not rule out privatization
May 20, 2025
The acting head of Transportation Security Administration said on Tuesday the agency did not rule out considering a plan to privatize the government agency while defending a proposed cut for ...
- Malaysia: Police confirm discovery of Second World War bomb in Tanjung Tokong
May 20, 2025
An old bomb, believed to be a still-active relic from the Second World War, was discovered at a construction site on Jalan Seri Tanjung Pinang, Tanjung Tokong. Timur Laut police chief ...
- Using sound to ‘see’ unexploded munitions on the seafloor
May 19, 2025
More than 400 underwater sites in the United States are potentially contaminated with unexploded ordnance (UXO) — weapons that did not explode upon deployment, which continue to pose a safety ...
- California: Days after Palm Springs bombing at fertility clinic scene still active with investigators
May 19, 2025
Investigators remain on the scene working to gather evidence two days after 25-year-old Guy Edward Bartkus was identified as the suspect allegedly responsible for an explosion at a fertility clinic ...
- North Carolina: ‘Improvised’ explosive device, $41K in stolen property seized from Burke County house
May 19, 2025
An “improvised” explosive device and over $41,000 in stolen property were seized from a house in Burke County last week, according to deputies. Amid the investigation, 40-year-old Harrel Powell Jr. was ...
- Ukrainian demining personnel trained with OSCE and EU support
May 19, 2025
Seventeen representatives from Ukraine’s demining agencies underwent a two-and-a-half month training to obtain an international qualification in explosive ordnance disposal. Organized by the OSCE Support Programme for Ukraine with support from ...
- Pakistan: Car bomb in Balochistan province kills four people
May 19, 2025
A car bomb that has exploded near a market in Pakistan’s restive southwest has killed four people and wounded 20, according to a government official. The attack was near a ...
