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- Việt Nam needs long-term risk management to deal with remnants of war
July 19, 2019
Việt Nam needs a transition from a reactive approach on clearing cluster and explosive remnants of war (ERW) to a proactive risk management strategy to better eliminate threats long-term, experts have said. Speaking at a conference on long-term risk management on mine action this morning, Rob White, representative from Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining said most ...
- DHS S&T Labs Demo Portable Explosive Trace Detectors
July 19, 2019
Two laboratories under the Department of Homeland Security’s science and technology directorate are teaming up to test portable explosives trace detectors. Researchers from the Transportation Security Laboratory validated gaps with the detectors and have spoken with vendors and customers to reinforce the devices’ functionality, DHS said Thursday. In a separate demonstration, a team from the National Urban ...
- Video captures moment bomb disposal team blows up First World War ordnance on beach
July 19, 2019
Bomb disposal experts cleared a Cornish beach to blow up a piece of ordnance that has been there for more than 100 years. The beach at Porthtowan was sealed off as the Navy team, police and coastguard descended to destroy the object. It was flagged up by RNLI lifeguards who discovered it before the tide came in last night (Thursday, ...
- In a first, Singapore and US soldiers defuse IEDs in exercise
July 18, 2019
Soldiers from the 5th Battalion Singapore Infantry Regiment and the US army combed through a forested area before fighting through an urban training area, with infantry carrier vehicles moving in. In the course of their assault at the Murai Urban Training Facility yesterday, the 300 or so troops spotted an improvised explosive device (IED) in a ...
- Philippines: Motorbike left near gym cause for concern
July 18, 2019
The Philippine Army said it was still trying to determine why a motorcycle with traces of an explosive was abandoned in front of its gymnasium in Taguig City on Wednesday morning. The discovery of the red motorcycle with plate number 4540NN prompted authorities to cordon off the area, causing a huge traffic buildup that lasted over ...
- Inside Kabul’s school for explosive detection dogs
July 17, 2019
Around 200 dogs train at a time at the Mine Detection Centre (MDC) in the Afghan capital, starting when they are just pups. They are put through their paces around obstacle courses and are taught to correctly identify target smells from a conveyor belt of identical canisters during an intense two-year course. Once qualified, they are a ...
- Fighting Next to U.S. Commandos, but Without the Same Training and Gear
July 17, 2019
The Army has failed to adequately train and equip the military bomb technicians and infantry troops who are increasingly accompanying American commandos on high-risk missions in war zones, according to interviews and documents obtained by The New York Times. As the Pentagon draws down the number of troops in combat, including in Afghanistan and Syria, it ...
- Okinawa Prefectural Police and Marines Participate in Post-Blast Analysis Training
July 17, 2019
“Fire in the hole! Fire in the hole! Fire in the hole!” The last radio call a Marine detonating an improvised explosive device makes to Marines on the other side of the soundwaves outside the danger zone of an oncoming blast. One, two, three seconds – then instantaneously – a sound like thunder rings through the dense ...
- United States Marine Corps Selects Med-Eng EOD 10 Bomb Suit to Protect the Lives of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Specialists
July 16, 2019
For Immediate Release Major contract award means multiple branches of the U.S. Military will be using Med-Eng bomb suits and helmets Helps secure highly skilled manufacturing jobs in northern New York state OGDENSBURG, New York – Med-Eng®, a brand of The Safariland Group, announced today a $10.2M delivery order added to a 2017 contract awarded by the ...
- Death toll in Taliban roadside bombing rises to 13 in Kandahar, over 30 more wounded
July 16, 2019
The death toll as a result of a roadside bombing in southern Kandahar province has climbed to 13 people with 30 more wounded. The 205th Atal Corps in a statement said an improvised explosive device planted by Taliban went off in Khakrez district. The statement further added that the explosion killed 13 civilians including children and wounded ...
- Afghan Special Forces large caches of weapons, IEDs in Ghazni province
July 16, 2019
The Afghan Special Forces destroyed large caches of weapons and Improvised Explosive Devices during an operation in Ghazni. The military sources said Tuesday that the Special Forces conducted the operation in Deh Yak district. The sources further added that the Special destroyed 20 IEDs, 2 Mortars, 1 RPG Warhead, 10 lbs Homemade Explosives, 4 Grenades, 250 ALP ...
- 43 civilians killed, wounded in Kandahar roadside bomb explosion
July 15, 2019
A roadside bomb explosion killed or wounded at least 43 civilians in Kandahar province of Afghanistan. Kandahar Police Chief Gen. Tadin Khan Achakzai said an Improvised Explosive Device went off in an area between Khakrez and Kandahar districts. Gen. Tadin Khan the explosion killed 9 civilians and wounded 34 others. Furthermore, Gen. Tadin Khan blamed the Taliban group ...
- The UN Operation to Disarm Mosul’s IEDs and Unexploded Bombs
July 14, 2019
Two years this month this month, a US-led military coalition declared victory against ISIS in Mosul, liberating one of Iraq’s largest cities after three years of occupation by the radical Islamist group. While the eastern part of the city is on the road to recovery, West Mosul, where ISIS made its final stand, remains in ruins, ...
- Daraa: Russian Military Patrol Attacked For The First Time
July 14, 2019
A Russian military patrol was attacked with an improvised explosive device by unidentified persons in eastern rural Daraa, which is the first time the Russian forces get assaulted since their control of the governorate last year. On Saturday, July 13, the Russian Sputnik agency has quoted the Director of the Russian Reconciliation Center in Syria, Major ...
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