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On Saturday, a young man was killed when a landmine exploded in Sidekan district, north of Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region. According to the Erbil Directorate of Mine Affairs, Sadiq Osman had entered the area to herd sheep Read More …
Thirteen security personnel were martyred in a suicide bombing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan district on Saturday, carried out by Indian proxy Fitna-al-Khawarij, according to a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). According to the military’s media wing, a Read More …
CB Defense Today is an interview program featuring experts who discuss innovations, technologies, and partnerships relevant to the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) and the chemical and biological defense community. In this episode, public Read More …
San Jose police arrested three men and seized more than 3,300 pounds of illegal fireworks in a series of recent raids, SJPD said Friday. San Jose residents David Benito-Carbajal, 31, Juan Rocha, 52, and Javier Martinez, 26, were arrested and Read More …
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. – A U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal master sergeant completed his more than two decades of Army service at the nation’s premier multifunctional Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives (CBRNE) formation. Master Sgt. Thomas C. Holk retired Read More …
Cambodia is nearing the completion of its most extensive minefield survey, which aims to uncover the full extent of explosive contamination along its borders with Thailand, areas heavily affected by decades of conflict. According to Tep Kallyan, the Deputy Secretary-General Read More …
Radiation levels in the Gulf region remain normal following the 12-day conflict that severely damaged several nuclear facilities in Iran, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said today. Citing regional data reported regularly to Read More …
Royal Navy divers have helped dispose of a “high-explosive projectile” lurking in local waters. The “historic” live ordnance was initially spotted by a civilian diver in the sea at Bouley Bay. A Royal Navy bomb disposal team arrived in Jersey Read More …
Cambodia has found and safely removed another war-left U.S.-made M117 aerial bomb in southern Takeo province, a mine clearance chief said late on Tuesday. Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC)’s Director General Heng Ratana said the massive bomb was spotted buried Read More …
The navy has neutralised a set of World War II-era mines found on the seafloor in the Hauraki Gulf near Auckand. According to the New Zealand Defence Force, the mines were laid during the early parts of the war to Read More …
Police bomb squads destroyed suspected explosive devices in two southern tourist provinces on Thursday following the arrest of two suspects linked to a suspicious object found at the Phuket airport on Wednesday. Explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) teams and officers from Read More …
Four persons have been killed while 10 others sustained injuries when an Isuzu vehicle conveying passengers from Damboa to Maiduguri, Borno State rammed into an improvised explosive device (IED) suspected to have been planted by Boko Haram terrorists. The incident Read More …
A 67-year-old man was indicted Wednesday on charges of committing arson with intent inside a subway train in Seoul last month, according to prosecutors. The man, surnamed Won, has been accused of setting a fire by pouring gasoline inside a Read More …
Four people were killed and four others were injured in a roadside bomb blast on Wednesday in the Sharamkhel area of Pewar, Parachinar, in Upper Kurram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), police said. District Police Officer (DPO) Malik Habib confirmed Read More …
Authorities have destroyed a suspicious object found in an abandoned motorcycle at Phuket International Airport on Wednesday evening. Officials from the police Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit and the K-9 police dog team conducted a detailed inspection of the motorcycle, Read More …
Seven Israeli combat engineers, ages 19-21, killed in devastating IED attack in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday when terrorist attached explosive to their armored vehicle, marking one of deadliest incidents for ground forces in recent months. Read More …
Emergency services remain at the scene of a home in St Helens after multiple unexploded devices were discovered inside the property, prompting an evacuation and an overnight cordon. Officers were initially called to the address on Chadwick Road on Monday Read More …
NIAGARA FALLS AIR RESERVE STATION, N.Y. – One hundred New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from across the state participated in Operation Buffalo Falls, a Homeland Response Force (HRF) tabletop exercise held at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, June Read More …
Security forces thwarted a potential terrorist attack after locating and destroying improvised explosive devices yesterday in Yatta in the Hebron area. Police reported that during searches inside a building, numerous ammunition and two explosive devices containing explosives and metal balls Read More …
A system that detects trace levels of fentanyl, cocaine, explosives and other harmful substances through the air has been created by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. New test results of a device based on the Read More …