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Latest News
- Michigan man sentenced for traveling with explosive devices to Massachusett
August 2, 2025
A 31-year-old man has been sentenced for traveling with several explosive devices from Michigan to Massachusetts, federal officials said on Friday. A judge sentenced Luke Isaac Terpstra to three years in ...
- Ghana Army, UK EOD team hold graduation for IEDD trainees
August 1, 2025
The Ghana Army School of Ammunition and Explosives (GASAE) has held a graduation ceremony for trainees of the Improvised Explosive Device Disposal (IEDD) Basic and Assistant Course 2–25 at Michel ...
- ADF: Partners united go ‘all clear’ underwater
August 1, 2025
A suspected improvised explosive device (IED) on a police boat in Gladstone Marina brought Australian and United States clearance divers into action during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025. After Queensland Police handed ...
- Mexican cartels using Ukrainian frontline to learn more about drone warfare
July 31, 2025
Mexican cartel operatives are understood to have joined Ukraine’s frontline so that they can learn advanced drone training to deploy against rivals and US security forces back in their homeland. Ukraine’s ...
- Hawaii: Maui police call in bomb squad to assess ordnance found off Pūlehu Road
July 31, 2025
The Maui Police Department called in the Hawaiʻi Inter-Island Bomb Squad to assess reports of possible military ordnance found off of Pūlehu Road, Wednesday afternoon. The device was found on July ...
- Poland strengthens army with order for 25 US mine-clearing armored vehicles
July 31, 2025
Poland has signed a $115 million (€100 mln) deal for 25 US armored vehicles used for clearing minefields and fortifications, the Polish defense ministry has said. The purchase of the M1150 ...
- Thai air force debunks Cambodian bomb claim
July 31, 2025
An old bomb found in a border community in Cambodia and dug up from underground was not dropped from a Thai plane during the recent clashes, the Royal Thai Air ...
- Pakistan: Four family members injured after mortar shell falls on house in Bajaur
July 31, 2025
Four members of a family were injured when a mortar shell fell on a house in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur district on Thursday, according to the police. Bajaur police spokesperson Israr ...
- Cambodia: CMAC confirms use of Thai MK-84 bombs in recent border war
July 31, 2025
The Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) has confirmed that MK-84 bombs dropped by Thai fighter jets were used during the recent border war between Cambodia and Thailand, following a field ...
- Pakistan: Militants use quadcopter to attack Miryan police station, injuring 6
July 31, 2025
Militants carried out a drone attack on Miryan police station in Bannu by dropping explosives from a quadcopter, injuring six security personnel, including the CTD SHO. The injured include two army ...
- Burkina Faso: Militant attack on military base in Dargo kills 50 troops
July 30, 2025
A deadly assault on a military base in Dargo, northern Burkina Faso, has left around 50 soldiers dead. Local sources told the Associated Press that about 100 militants stormed the ...
- Colombia: School of Military Engineers forges experts in neutralization of explosive threats
July 30, 2025
Due to the high complexity and indiscriminate use of improvised explosive devices by groups outlaw, the Explosive Devices Management course was created in 2004, giving birth to the MARTE groups. Since ...
- Singapore: Fewer than 1 in 5 people noticed suspicious items during Ministry of Home Affairs’s social experiments
July 30, 2025
More than 2,500 people in Tampines and Bishan walked past a black suitcase and a black car with a concealed number plate, but fewer than 500 of them noticed the ...
- Allies Train Together in Project Flytrap
July 30, 2025
V Corps’ 2nd Cavalry Regiment, alongside their allies from the United Kingdom, are conducting counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) training at Bemowo Piskie Training Area (BPTA), near Elk, Poland, as part ...
- Cambodia: CMAC launches emergency response to clear UXOs after ceasefire
July 30, 2025
In the wake of the ceasefire agreement between Cambodia and Thailand that took effect at midnight on July 28, the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) has received multiple emergency explosive ...
- Wyoming: Scan of pressure cooker on Casper sidewalk suggested bomb parts
July 29, 2025
The Casper Police Department says that an initial X-ray scan of a suspicious object left on a Paradise Valley sidewalk on Monday morning revealed “internal components that were consistent with ...
- Mexico: Former Jalisco cartel member details use of explosive drones by elite unit ‘Fuerzas Especiales Mencho’
July 29, 2025
In a recent interview, a former member of the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) described the recruitment and training process, as well as the operations within one of the cartel’s ...
- Nigeria: Troops avert IED attack in Borno
July 29, 2025
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have successfully thwarted an attempt by Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists to plant improvised explosive devices (IEDs) along the strategic ...
