NCI Academy delivers programme to elevate UN peacekeeping training capabilities

From 4 to 15 March, the United Nations C4ISR* Academy for Peace Operations (UNCAP) in Entebbe, Uganda, hosted a critical training programme to effectively train UN personnel. Led by a team of nine NATO Communications and Information Academy (NCI Academy) Read More …

The Gaza Strip: IDF kills terrorists who planned to mine area with explosives in Khan Yunis

Troops of the 98th Division collaborated with the air force, closed in on terrorists in Khan Yunis and found weapons on Thursday, the IDF announced on Friday. Forces of the 7th Brigade, along with the Givati Brigade, killed terrorists using Read More …

South Korea: Second AN-M65 general-purpose bomb discovered at construction site in Cheongju

A laborer wielding a spade found an intact, 1,000-pound bomb from the Korean War at a construction site in Cheongju, south of Seoul, on Wednesday, less than a week after an identical bomb was unearthed there. Air force explosive ordnance Read More …

China donates explosives disposal equipment to Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Defense welcomed a significant shipment of specialized Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Equipment under the Chinese Military Grant scheme. The formal handover ceremony took place at the Army Headquarters, presided over by Qi Zhenhong, the Ambassador of Read More …

IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 216

IAEA experts stationed at the site have continued to report on explosions and other indications of military activity not far from the ZNPP. They heard blasts at various distances from the site every day over the past week, including explosions Read More …

Michigan: A look behind the scenes of explosive detection at Detroit Metro Airport

Most people don’t even know there is an elite team dedicated to detecting explosives at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. It’s a big job, and the explosive detection specialists at Detroit Metro Airport understand and appreciate the high stakes of Read More …

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency wants to use AI to scan for fentanyl at the border

In his State of the Union address last week, President Joe Biden urged Congress to pass a bipartisan immigration bill “with the toughest set of border security reforms we’ve ever seen.” The bill would have, among other things, funded “100 Read More …

Croatia and UNDP help revitalize gas production in Ukraine by clearing land for explosive ordnance

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), along with the Ukrainian Ministry of Energy and UkrGasVydobuvannya, Ukraine’s largest gas producer, recently completed an Explosive Ordnance risk assessment over 17 sq. kilometres in Kharkiv Oblast, formerly under Russian occupation. This initiative, financially Read More …

DIANA, NATO’s innovation accelerator, doubles the size of its transatlantic network

On Thursday (14 March 2024), NATO’s Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) announced a major expansion of its transatlantic network of accelerator sites and test centres. DIANA’s network will now comprise 23 accelerator sites (up from 11) and Read More …

France: Olympics anti-drone units a new tool to keep Paris 2024 safe

Security is the Paris 2024 Olympics’ hottest topic and France intends to leave no stone unturned as it prepares to secure the Games with the help of anti-drone units. The military base of Villacoublay just outside Paris will be the Read More …

Armenia: Four arrested over ‘Bomb Attacks’ on the ruling party

Law-enforcement authorities have arrested four men accused of attempting politically motivated bomb attacks against members and supporters of Armenia’s ruling Civil Contract party. According to the law-enforcement agency, one of the suspects planted an “improvised explosive device” that went off Read More …

Yemen’s Houthis threaten to extend ship attacks to Indian Ocean

Yemen’s Houthis vowed to prevent Israel-linked ships from passing through the Indian Ocean towards the Cape of Good Hope, the group’s leader Abdul Malik Al Houthi said on Thursday. “Our main battle is to prevent ships linked to the Israeli Read More …

U.S. Army EOD officer earns distinguished honor graduate in Basic Mountaineering Course

JERICHO, Vt. – A U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal officer from an elite EOD company that combats Weapons of Mass Destruction was selected as the Distinguished Honor Graduate for the Basic Mountaineering Course. Capt. Jason R. Walker, a platoon leader Read More …

AI weapons scanner Evolv backtracks on UK testing claims

An AI weapons-scanning company has backtracked on claims its technology has been tested by the UK government. Evolv Technology makes “intelligent” scanners designed to replace metal detectors by identifying people with concealed guns, knives and bombs. But the company has Read More …

Israel: Attack in Tel Aviv foiled, terrorist carried device with 20 kg of explosives

Soldiers from the Duvdevan Unit, following intelligence provide by the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet), on Monday foiled a suicide attack in central Tel Aviv, on the first day of the month of Ramadan. Kan 11 News on Tuesday evening Read More …

India: Security forces recover 10 IEDs in Jharkhand

Security forces on Wednesday recovered 10 Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by Maoists in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district, police said. The security forces comprising CRPF, Jharkhand Jaguar and district armed police were carrying out anti-Maoist operation when they detected the Read More …

UK: Bomb disposal team called out and beach cordoned off after sea mine found near Porthpean

A Royal Navy bomb disposal team has been deployed after the discovery of a large mine off the Cornish coast. St Austell Coastguard was called to reports of a large metal buoy off Porthlean at around 1:15pm on Monday 11 Read More …

EU Gives Initial Backing to €5 Billion Weapons Fund for Ukraine

Ambassadors of the European Union agreed in principle to provide €5 billion ($5.5 billion) in military support for Ukraine, after member states reached a compromise to allow purchases from outside the bloc. The envoys backed the plan at a meeting Read More …

U.S. Marine Fleet-Anti-terrorism Security Team (FAST) deployed to secure the U.S. Embassy in Haiti

U.S. Southern Command – “At the request of the Department of State, the U.S. Southern Command deployed a U.S. Marine Fleet-Anti-terrorism Security Team (FAST) to maintain strong security capabilities at the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and conduct relief in Read More …