Articles – Counter-IED Report

OPPORTUNITIES FOR C-IED CONCEPTUAL EVOLUTION IN LINE WITH EMERGING THREATS
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Chief of Attack the Networks Branch, C-IED Centre of Excellence
Counter-IED Report, Winter 2022/23

THE THREAT FROM BELOW: MINE AND IED PROTECTION AND DETECTION
By Andrew Howell MBE, Managing Director of BCB International Ltd

USE OF IMPROVISED LAND (ANTI-VEHICLE) MINES IN MEXICAN CRIME WARS
By Robert J. Bunker, David A. Kuhn, and John P. Sullivan C/O Futures, LLC and Small Wars Journal-El Centro
Counter-IED Report, Autumn 2022

ADVANTAGES AND CHALLENGES OF DEPLOYING K9 TEAMS FOR THE DETECTION OF IEDs
By Kenan Muftic, K9 professional
Counter-IED Report, Autumn 2022

HUMANITARIAN DEMINING – AN INSIGHT
By Colonel H R Naidu Gade – Indian Army Veteran
Counter-IED Report, Autumn 2022

GOING POSTAL – WHEN TERRORISTS USE MAIL SYSTEMS TO TARGET ORGANISATIONS
By Vincent Deery, CEO, 3DX-Ray Ltd.
Counter-IED Report, Autumn 2022

TAKING THE SOLDIER OUT OF THE DANGER ZONE
ADVANCING GPR FOR STANDOFF MINE DETECTION WITH CHELTON’S AMULET RANGE
By Daniel Goodliffe, Business Unit Manager and Neil Tisdale, Chief Engineer, Land Systems, Chelton Limited
Counter-IED Report, Autumn 2022

INSIGHTS THROUGH 3D X-RAY AND ROV INTEGRATION
By VCsecurity
Counter-IED Report online – September 2022

IMPROVED SITUATIONAL AND SPATIAL AWARENESS FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS IN HARBOUR PROTECTION BY MEANS OF VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY
By Pilar Caamaño, Arnau Carrera Viñas, David Solarna, Lucia Gazzaneo, Francoise Perret, Claudio Palestini, Alberto Tremori
Counter-IED Report, Spring/Summer 2022

DUXO: YOUTH-LED PROJECT FOR MINE ACTION ADVOCACY AND DRONE-BASED LANDMINE DETECTION
By Mak Nurkić Kačapor, Junior at British International School, Washington DC and co-creator of DUXO Project
and Justin Yang, Junior at Walt Whitman High School, Bethesda, Maryland and co-creator of DUXO Project
Counter-IED Report, Spring/Summer 2022

ALARMING IED PROLIFERATION IN EASTERN DR CONGO
By Trevor Bachus, EOD Officer at US Army
Counter-IED Report, Spring/Summer 2022

THE IED CLEARANCE GOOD PRACTICE GUIDE: CHAPTER 5 – “BASIC CHEMISTRY OF EXPLOSIVES AND HAZARDS OF HOME-MADE EXPLOSIVES AND CHEMICAL PRECURSORS”
By Lieutenant Colonel Robert Friedel, GICHD
Counter-IED Report, Spring/Summer 2022

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK TO HOLISTICALLY APPROACH INSTABILITY & INSECURITY
By Paul Amoroso, an explosive hazards specialist at Assessed Mitigation Options (AMO) consultancy
Counter-IED Report, Winter 2021/22

THE BATA EXPLOSIONS: LESSONS LEARNED
By Frederic Maio Programme Manager and staff of Ammunition Management Advisory Team (AMAT) at the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD)

Counter-IED Report, Winter 2021/22

I&W NOTE: MEXICAN CARTEL DRONE IED BOMBLETS NOW APPEARING
By Robert J. Bunker and David A. Kuhn, C/O Futures, LLC

Counter-IED Report, Winter 2021/22

DRONE DELIVERED IEDs – HOW PREPARED IS THE WORLD?
By Colonel H R Naidu Gade – Indian Army Veteran

Counter-IED Report, Winter 2021/22

LONE ACTOR TERRORISM: WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT RISKS AND THREATS?
By Dr Jonathan Kenyon, National Specialist Lead within the Interventions Services Counter-Terrorism Team for Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS)
Dr Jens Binder, Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Nottingham Trent University
Dr Christopher Baker-Beall, Senior Lecturer in Crisis and Disaster Management at Bournemouth University’s Disaster Management Centre
Counter-IED Report, Winter 2021/22

DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS – CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER?
By Vincent Deery, Sales and Marketing Director at 3DX-Ray Ltd
Counter-IED Report, Winter 2021/22

ISSUES RELATED TO ESTABLISHING CAUSES BEHIND TERRORIST ATTACKS: THE LIVERPOOL ATTACK CONUNDRUM
By Dr David Lowe, Leeds Law School at Leeds Beckett University
Counter-IED Report, Winter 2021/22

IMPORTANCE OF ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPLIANCE FOR BOMB SUITS AND HELMETS
By Doug Wong¹, Jean-Philippe Dionne¹, Aris Makris¹, Alex Leask², Trevor Yensen²
1 Med-Eng, 2400 St. Laurent Blvd., Ottawa, Canada, K1G 6C4
2 Allen-Vanguard, 2405 St. Laurent Blvd., Ottawa, Canada, K1G 5B4
Counter-IED Report, Autumn 2021

VBIEDs – SCREENING VEHICLES WITH PORTABLE X-RAY SCANNERS
By Tony Kingham, journalist and PR consultant
Counter-IED Report, Autumn 2021

EOD HELMET PROTECTION IN SMALL BLAST SCENARIOS
By Aris Makris, Ph.D., Ming Cheng, Ph.D., Jean-Philippe Dionne, Ph.D., Jeffrey Levine, M.Eng., R&D and Engineering, Med-Eng

Counter-IED Report, Spring/Summer 2021

SIDE TO SIDE OR TOP DOWN
John Howell, IED/EOD Security Specialist at 3DX-Ray, looks at why scanning vehicles from the top down makes more sense and why the ThreatScan^® is the perfect tool for the job!
Counter-IED Report, Spring/Summer 2021

DEVELOPMENTS IN BOMB SUIT TESTING AND STANDARDIZATION
By Dr. Aris Makris, Ph.D., Vice-President, RD&E and Chief Technology Officer and Dr. J.-P. Dionne, Director of Research Engineering, Med-Eng
Counter-IED Report, Winter 2020/21

PORTABLE X-RAY SCANNERS – A VERSATILE TOOL FOR SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
Vincent Deery of 3DX-Ray talks about the versatility and applications of portable x-ray scanners
Counter-IED Report, Winter 2020/21

NEW CHALLENGES, NEW ROBOT. INTRODUCING AUNAV.NEO
By Rafael Jiménez Sánchez, Senior EOD Advisor at aunav, by everis ADS
Counter-IED Report, Autumn 2020

MANCHESTER ARENA BOMBING: MAIN LESSONS THAT HAVE BEEN LEARNT
By Dr David Lowe, Senior Research Fellow, Leeds Beckett University Law School
Counter-IED Report, Autumn 2020

IMPROVING ROBOT DESIGN
By Rafael Jiménez Sánchez, Senior EOD Advisor at aunav, by everis ADS
Counter-IED Report, Spring/Summer 2020

COUNTERING EXPLOSIVE HAZARDS: LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT TOOLS
By Rafael Jiménez Sánchez, Senior EOD Advisor at aunav, by everis ADS
Counter-IED Report, Winter 2019/20

CIVIL-MILITARY CO-OPERATION
By Tushar Malhotra, Aerospace & Defence Analyst, MarketsandMarkets
Counter-IED Report online, June 2015

COUNTER-IED MEASURES: ELECTRONIC WARFARE
By Tushar Malhotra, Aerospace & Defense Analyst, MarketsandMarkets
Counter-IED Report online, May 2015

EVALUATING THE IED THREAT IN UKRAINE THROUGH THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA
By Simon Potter, Research Analyst for the Allen Vanguard Threat Intelligence Department
Counter-IED Report, Winter 2014/15

FRAGMENT PROTECTIVE CLOTHING – A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO LIGHTWEIGHT BALLISTIC BODY PROTECTION
By Katrin S. Freier, Product & Sales Manager – Material Science Body Amour.
Counter-IED Report, Autumn 2014

THE HISTORY OF THE BOMB DISPOSAL VEHICLE
By Fred Powada, Operations Manager, Thistle Polymer Composites
Counter-IED Report online, September 2014

GROUND ORDNANCE LAND DISRUPTOR (GOLD)
By Stephen Turner, Counter Threat Solutions Ltd
Counter-IED Report, Spring/Summer 2014

SPEED, FIDELITY, POWER: TECHNOLOGY TRENDS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST IEDs
By Dr. Chris Petty, co-founder and VP of Business Development at 908 Devices
Counter-IED Report, Spring/Summer 2014

HOW NATO CAN SUPPORT COUNTERING THREAT NETWORKS
By Jeffrey V. Gardner, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army (Ret)
Counter-IED Report, Autumn/Winter 2013

AFGHANISTAN IN TRANSITION: A GLOBAL REVIEW (2012 & 2013) OF IEDs AND ERW IN AFGHANISTAN
COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION ON COMPLEX CRISES
By The Civil-Military Fusion Centre (CFC)
Counter-IED Report, Autumn/Winter 2013