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
- 12th EOD/IED & Countermine Symposium Speakers Announced
June 13, 2025
Defense Strategies Institute is pleased to announce the line-up of senior-level speakers for the 12th EOD/IED & Countermine Symposium, taking place at 151 St. George in National Harbor, MD on ...
- Pennsylvania: Westmoreland County man arrested after police find drugs, guns, explosive device in his home
June 12, 2025
A Westmoreland County man was arrested after police say they located a large amount of illicit drugs, guns and an explosive device inside his home. Pennsylvania State Police say officers executed ...
- Netherlands: Police arrest eight “sovereign citizens”, seize guns, explosives
June 12, 2025
Dutch police have arrested eight people suspected of belonging to an “anti-institutional” criminal network that was allegedly preparing to use violence against the authorities. The suspects are so-called “sovereign citizens” — ...
- Malaysia: Explosives, drugs found in car after 25km police chase ends in dramatic crash in Serdang
June 12, 2025
Police discovered an improvised explosive device (IED) and various types of drugs inside an overturned car following a 25-kilometre chase after the driver attempted to flee a police inspection early ...
- EOD Mobile Unit 6 Holds Change of Command Ceremony
June 12, 2025
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Cmdr. Bruce Batteson, from East Granby, CT, assumed command of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit SIX (EODMU 6) during a change of command ceremony at Joint ...
- India: Major Rajprasad Honored with NSG Award, Lt Gen Ghai Steps Up as Deputy Chief
June 12, 2025
In a significant recognition of innovation within defense, Major Rajprasad RS of the Indian Army’s Corps of Engineers has been bestowed with the ‘NSG Counter IED Innovator Award’. Union Home Secretary ...
- UK: Explosives arrest after homes evacuated
June 11, 2025
Residents have been allowed to return to their homes after explosives experts had to deal with a device at a property in a Carmarthenshire town. Explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) experts were ...
- Ohio: Green Township man charged with crimes related to 3 pipe bomb incidents
June 11, 2025
CINCINNATI – A federal grand jury indicted a Green Township man today, charging him with federal crimes related to explosive devices. Robert Gilb, 50, was arrested yesterday. “The FBI’s Joint Terrorism ...
- Illicit Innovation: Latin America Is Not Prepared to Fight Criminal Drones
June 11, 2025
The scene is by now all too familiar for those acquainted with coverage of modern war. A bird’s-eye view frames two figures ambling about below, then charts the path of ...
- U.S. Navy lab’s mine warfare technologies put to the test at IBP 25.5, paving way for future advancements
June 11, 2025
SASEBO, Japan – Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) continued its commitment to support the fleet by applying its subsea and seabed warfare expertise during Integrated Battle ...
- Malta jury sentences 2 men to life in prison for supplying bomb that killed journalist
June 11, 2025
Two men were sentenced to life in prison Tuesday after being convicted of complicity in the murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Jamie Vella and Robert Agius were accused ...
- Cyprus: Early-morning bomb blast damages café in Nicosia
June 11, 2025
A bomb exploded outside a café on Piraeus Street early Wednesday, police said. The blast occurred at approximately 2:40 a.m. and was caused by a high-powered improvised explosive device, according to ...
- U.S. evacuating personnel from the Middle East amid growing tensions with Iran
June 11, 2025
The U.S. is evacuating nonessential staff from its Baghdad embassy and family members of military personnel from several bases in the Gulf amid growing concerns about the security situation, per ...
- Austria: Plans for bomb attack found in Graz shooting suspect’s home
June 11, 2025
Discarded plans for a bomb attack were found at the home of the suspected perpetrator of a deadly school shooting in the Austrian city of Graz, local police said on ...
- Cambodia: Pailin farmer killed by landmine while ploughing
June 11, 2025
A farmer was killed in Sala Krao district, Pailin province, yesterday when a landmine exploded while he was ploughing a field with his tractor. Heng Ratana, Director General of the Cambodian ...
- US Army mobile laboratory strengthens partnership with ROK laboratory team
June 11, 2025
SEOUL, South Korea – Soldiers from a U.S. Army global mobile laboratory strengthened their partnerships with their Republic of Korea counterparts during a training event in South Korea. The U.S. Army’s ...
- Afghanistan: One in five Afghans at risk of landmines and explosives
June 10, 2025
A new report by The HALO Trust says at least 6.4m Afghans are at risk of unexploded ordnance, with children accounting for 80 per cent of blast fatalities and injuries. ...
- Northern Ireland: Masked rioters in Co Antrim attack police, torch houses for second night
June 10, 2025
Hundreds of masked rioters attacked police and set homes and cars on fire in the Northern Irish town of Ballymena on Tuesday in the second successive night of disorder that ...
