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- Blue Helmets trained in robotic mine clearance
January 27, 2021
Thirty-one of Cambodia’s Blue Helmet troops are being trained to use robotics to clear mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) before being sent on United Nations (UN) peacekeeping missions. Deputy director-general of the National Center for Peacekeeping Force, Mines and Explosive Remnants of War Clearance (NPMEC) Prak Soth said on Monday at the opening ceremony for the ...
- Philippines: 1 dead, 2 hurt in IED blast in Cotabato
January 27, 2021
One person was killed and two others were hurt when an improvised explosive device went off at a waiting shed in Tulunan town, Cotabato province at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 27. Major Jun Napat, Tulunan town police, said the blast occurred at a waiting shed as a Yellow Bus unit arrived and was about to ...
- California: Napa Man Charged With Possession Of Five Pipe Bombs
January 27, 2021
SAN FRANCISCO – Ian Benjamin Rogers was charged yesterday in a federal criminal complaint with possessing five pipe bombs that were unregistered destructive devices, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Craig D. Fair. “We allege that Ian Benjamin Rogers possessed homemade pipe bombs and the materials ...
- Afghanistan: 3 killed, 13 wounded in bomb explosions in Afghanistan
January 27, 2021
Three people have been killed and 13 others wounded in two separate bomb explosions in Afghanistan, the latest in a string of bomb attacks in the militancy-hit country, authorities said Wednesday. In the capital city Kabul, two police officers were slightly wounded when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) struck a police pickup truck in Police District ...
- Somalia: Civilian Killed In Roadside Bomb On Afgoye-Mogadishu Road Construction Site
January 27, 2021
A landmine explosion has hit a vehicle transporting Turkish company workers near ex-control Afgoye in Mogadishu on Wednesday. According to witnesses, one pedestrian was killed and another one injured rushed to the hospital for treatment. Al-Shabaab often targets Turkish workers and engineers building a tarmac road between Mogadishu and Afgoye, and construction is nearing completion near Afgoye. Authorities ...
- Jammu and Kashmir: Four Army jawans injured in IED blast in Shamsipora area
January 27, 2021
Four Army jawans were injured in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast that was planted near a school in Shamsipora area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. A senior police official told AIR News that four personnel of Army’s Road Opening Party (ROP) of 24 RR were injured in the blast. All the injured have been ...
- Cambodia: Another one tonne UXO cleared from sunken warship in the Mekong River
January 27, 2021
Over one tonne of unexploded ordnance (UXO) and remnants of war were cleared from a sunken warship in the Mekong River in Kampong Cham province on Sunday, increasing the total amount recovered to more than six tonnes since its discovery on November 5, 2020. Commander of the UXO Clearance Unit of the National Centre for Peacekeeping ...
- Nyati barracks opened as Kenya, UK strengthen ties
January 26, 2021
The new Nyati Barracks has been officially opened at the British Army Training Unit Kenya in Nanyuki. This was part of a two-day visit to Kenya by the UK’s Secretary of State for Defence, Ben Wallace MP. Opening the barracks alongside Defence CS Monica Juma, Wallace took a tour of the refurbished facility, speaking to Kenyan and ...
- Afghanistan: Blast in Kabul’s PD5 Hits Vehicle, Kills 1
January 26, 2021
At least one person was killed in a blast that hit a vehicle in Kabul city on Tuesday morning, Kabul police confirmed in a statement. The blast took place about 11:15 am local time in PD5 of Kabul city, Kabul police said, who added that an investigation into the incident is ongoing. Previously, eyewitnesses said that a ...
- Philippines: IED explosion kills motorcycle driver in Maguindanao
January 26, 2021
A passing motorcycle driver was killed while his backrider was rushed to a nearby hospital after a powerful explosion hit them while traversing the national road going to downtown South Upi, Maguindanao 5:45 a.m. Tuesday. Around 10:30 a.m., another improvised explosive device was found in the market area by vigilant market goers who immediately reported to ...
- Afghanistan: GCPSU and ANP discovered and defused dozens of IEDs in Nimruz and Zabul provinces, arrests a bombmaker in Laghman province
January 26, 2021
GCPSU discovered & defused 12 IEDs after several hours of efforts & point to point search operations in Khash Rod district of Nimruz province. Meanwhile, ANP detected two IEDs planted by terrorists in Shahr Safa district of Zabul province. https://twitter.com/moiafghanistan/status/1353978465830187008 On 21 January 2021, two Taliban terrorists expert of Improvised Explosive Device (IED) making were killed & ...
- Northern Ireland: Suspicious object in Lurgan, County Armagh an ‘elaborate hoax’
January 25, 2021
A suspicious object that led to a security alert in Lurgan, County Armagh, was an “elaborate hoax,” the police have said. Several residents had to leave their homes when the object was discovered in the Manor Drive area of the town at about 07:35 GMT on Monday. Two Army bomb disposal robots examined the object before it ...
- DARPA Seeks Compact, Deployable Electron Accelerator
January 25, 2021
Linear accelerators, LINACs for short, are devices that accelerate electrons or other sub-atomic particles along a straight line to generate a beam of high energy. LINACs have a variety of commercial uses such as generating X-rays for cargo inspection, medical diagnostics, food sterilization, and even enabling precise external radiation treatments to destroy cancer cells without ...
- Pakistan: Taliban ‘commanders’ killed in North Waziristan
January 25, 2021
Pakistan’s military says it has killed five members of the Pakistan Taliban group in two separate security operations in the northwestern North Waziristan district, including two senior members of different factions of the armed group. In a statement released late on Sunday, the military said it had conducted security operations in the Mir Ali and Kaisoor ...
- Afghanistan: Italian Embassy Vehicle Hit by IED in Kabul
January 25, 2021
An armored vehicle of the Italian embassy was hit by an IED blast in Kabul city on Monday morning, a security source said. “The vehicle that was targeted belongs to the Italian embassy and was carrying Afghan employees of the embassy. One person was slightly wounded in the blast,” the source said, adding that “a vehicle ...
- Daniel Craig speaks in support of Cambodian demining push
January 24, 2021
Renowned British film actor Daniel Craig – best known for his portrayal of James Bond or “Agent 007” in the last five instalments from that franchise – called on the international community to rally behind the Cambodian government in order to achieve a landmine- free Cambodia by 2025. Craig serves as the UN Global Advocate for ...
- Nigeria, others seek UK support over Boko Haram, ISWAP
January 23, 2021
The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) says it is exploring areas of support from the United Kingdom in the fight against terrorism. Chief of Military Public Information, Col. Muhammad Dole, announced this in a statement on Saturday. Member countries of MNJTF, formed in 2015, are Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria. Boko Haram and ISWAP have been operating ...
- FBI investigates ‘IED attack’ at California church
January 23, 2021
The FBI is investigating an explosion and vandalism early Saturday at a Southern California church that has drawn protests over its controversial pastor and his anti-LGBTQ views. A fire and explosion were reported shortly after 1 a.m. at First Works Baptist Church in El Monte, about 13 miles east of Los Angeles. Police responding to the ...
- Isle of Wight: Fishing Boat Drags Up Ordnance Off Shanklin
January 23, 2021
Bomb disposal experts have been alerted to a situation developing off the coast of Shanklin this lunchtime (Saturday). A small fishing boat with 2 people on board has dragged up what is thought to be a piece of war time ordnance – a bomb. The vessel is located just off the coast of the Isle of Wight ...
- South Sudanese Still Face Threat from Unexploded Mines, Munitions
January 22, 2021
Many South Sudanese have been returning home to farm the land and live their lives after United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) workers spent years clearing huge portions of the country that were littered with unexploded ordnance. Still, officials warn the work is far from over. In December, U.N .mine workers detonated a number of unexploded ...
- Sarajevo International Airport has issued a public call for the procurement of an explosive detection system
January 22, 2021
As stated in the tender documentation, the value of the procurement is 6.38 million KM, and the contract will be awarded to the bidder who submits the best evaluated acceptable bid. Bids in which the delivery deadline is longer than 210 days will be declared unacceptable, and the implementation of the e-auction procedure is envisaged, for ...
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