Fire in the hole!
As the wind steadily blew and the branches rustled, Airmen assigned to Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. prepared for a “fire in the hole!” Boom! Sound filled the air, a shock wave pierced through their chests and a black cloud Read More …
Category: News April 2018
International experts to inspect attack site in Syria as U.S. ponders response
International chemical weapons experts will go to the Syrian town of Douma to investigate an alleged poison gas attack, their organisation said on Tuesday, as the United States and other Western powers consider taking military action over the incident. U.S. Read More …
IED explosion leaves 4 militants dead, wounded in Paktia province
At least one militant was killed and three others were wounded in an explosion triggered by an improvised explosive device in Paktia province. The 203rd Thunder Corps of the Afghan Military in the Southeast said the incident took place as Read More …
Nigeria: Delta police detonate bomb on oil facility
The Delta State Police Command has safely detonated a two-kilogramme improvised explosive device (IED) at the Dibi tank farm in Escravos in Warri North. Commissioner of Police Muhammadu Mustafa, who briefed reporters yesterday, said the bomb was detonated on a Read More …
Only 6 Indian airports have operational bomb detection squads, audit finds
Only six of the 59 airports guarded by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) in the country have operational bomb detection and disposal squads, according to an audit by the paramilitary agency, raising concerns about safety measures. Only the security forces at the airports in Read More …
Demining of Donbas: Is it worth talking about this while war continues?
Seven thousand square kilometers of Donbas. This is the minimum area of the unoccupied part of land where you can be blown up on a mine, ammunition or some kind of explosive device. Plus 9 thousand square kilometers of the Read More …
Towards Cheap, Miniaturized, Robust Sensors For Explosives
The compound 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene (TNT) is an explosive material widely used for military, industrial, and mining applications. Its reduction products are known to be toxic and carcinogenic to humans and may contaminate and accumulate in soils and drinking water. Furthermore, being Read More …
Six ANA Soldiers Wounded In Kabul Roadside Explosions
At least six Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were wounded on Wednesday morning when two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were detonated in Macroryan in PD16 in Kabul city, the Ministry of Defense said in a statement. According to the MoD, Read More …
Improvised Explosive Devices continue to pose a grave threat to civilians in Somalia
Marking the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, a top United Nations official in Somalia today highlighted the danger posed by improvised explosive devices (IEDs) to the country’s civilian population. In his remarks at an observance Read More …
Army extends registration deadline for technical interchange with industry
The U.S. Army’s Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center, or CERDEC, is extending the registration deadline for its technical interchange with industry to 5 p.m. EST, April 13. The meeting, which is an opportunity for industry to learn about CERDEC’s Read More …
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Global experts gather at SCTX18 to fight war on terror
3rd April 2018 – Since the breakup of the caliphate in Syria, the terrorist threat has evolved as extremists now remain in their home countries and look to launch attacks from inside their borders. This has presented those tasked with Read More …
Kuwaiti, U.S. EOD techs conduct challenging training lanes
Explosive ordnance disposal technicians with the Kuwait Land Forces and the U.S. Army trained together March 22, 2018, at Gerber Training Area near Camp Buehring, Kuwait, in order to improve both countries’ ability to counter improvised explosive devices during terror Read More …
Afghan SOF seizes and destroys more Taliban explosives in southern Afghanistan
Afghan Special Security Forces seized and destroyed 18 homemade IEDs and 46 pressure plate initiating devices during an offensive operation in Maiwand district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Mar. 31, 2018. This operation marked Afghan SOF’s third significant counter-IED action in the Read More …
How IEDs may be physically causing PTSD
A new medical discovery has profound implications for wounded warriors. It’s a previously unknown type of brain injury uncovered in veterans who are exposed to the invisible wave of energy that erupts from high explosives. The evidence was found in the Read More …