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Researchers seeking a way to make the radio frequency spectrum visible may not want soldiers donning goggles to view a “psychedelic” scene like an acid rock concert’s laser light show, but they say the product might resemble that image, at Read More …
Fort Surasri, Thailand – Soldiers from the Royal Thai Army Explosive Ordinance Device Center shared principles and tactics of counter-improvised explosive devices with the U.S. Army’s 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, “Gimlets” August 9 through August 14, 2017. The RTA Read More …
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained ISIS-linked terrorists who were planning attacks on the Moscow public transport system and other crowded places in Moscow. Following the analysis of the materials found in the detainees’ house outside Moscow, the FSB Read More …
At least 17 Yemeni civilians were killed and seven others injured in a roadside bomb blast in the country’s southern province of al-Dhalea on Monday. According to the police source, the blast occurred in Qatabah district of al-Dhalea province when Read More …
Less than two years before the 9/11 attacks, an Algerian named Ahmed Ressam tried to cross from Canada into the United States to bomb the Los Angeles Airport. “The fire is on. And it’s coming.” With those cryptic words, a Read More …
The range of irregular warfare challenges faced by the United States in the future will be extensive (e.g. non-state actors – terrorists, violent extremist organizations, drug traffickers – and state actors that adopt asymmetric tactics to negate U.S. military power Read More …
Bomb squad cops swooped on a primary school yesterday after three suspicious packages were discovered in the grounds. Locals feared explosives had been planted in an underpass – and cops found two other similar packages at nearby Whitefield Primary School in Read More …
Peshawar: – An IED blast Friday struck restive tribal region of northwest Pakistan, killing two persons and injuring 26 others. The blast occurred in Nawagai tehsil of Chaharmang area and targeted labourers, the political administration officials said. Political authorities told that Read More …
Hollywood has taken a few liberties with the career field of Senior Airman Joshua Holbrook. He’s an Air Force explosive ordnance expert, part of a select group of airmen who serve as the bomb squad. High drama will ensue when Read More …
A State Department review that faulted the agency for failing to comply with its own policies for overseeing bomb disposal grants in Iraq, Lebanon and Afghanistan will not impact ongoing efforts to remove improvised explosive devices (IEDs) left behind by Read More …
A crude bomb was on Thursday recovered from the Amritsar-—bound Akal Takth Express here by the Government Railway Police (GRP). The GRP stopped the train at Akbarganj Railway Station to check after it had received information about a bomb on Read More …
An Islamic State leader was killed along with his brother in an IED blast, north of Salahuddin, a local source said on Wednesday. “An IS member in charge of one of the security committees in the western coast of Shirqat Read More …
Police in Brussels have opened fire on a car believed to be filled with explosives. Shots were fired after a high-speed chase through the suburb of Molenbeek. The vehicle then reportedly got stuck in traffic, at which point it reversed Read More …
Supporting one of U.S. Army Central’s commanding general’s priorities, explosive ordnance disposal experts from the 20th Fighter Wing, Pakistan army and USARCENT met to exchange information on Shaw Air Force Base July 25-26. The EOD theater security cooperation exchange focused Read More …
A man has been convicted of taking a pipe bomb onto a Ryanair flight after the jury in his trial heard he was likely to have been planning a suicide attack. Nadeem Muhammad, 43, was found guilty of possessing explosives Read More …
Troops of 151 Battalion, 21 Brigade Nigerian Army, Operation LAFIYA DOLE, ambushed some suspected Boko Haram terrorists along Miyanti-Banki Junction at the weekend. A statement from Brigadier General Sani Usman Kukasheka, Director Army Public Relations Officer said, “The gallant troops Read More …
At least 20 people were injured after an explosion in Lahore’s Band Road in Pakistan on Monday night, The Express Tribune reported. The police and rescue teams have been rushed to the site. The injured were being treated at Mayo Read More …
A civilian was killed as an IED blast took place in western Baghdad, a police source said on Sunday. “A bomb placed under a civilian’s vehicle exploded on Sunday evening while passing at al-Hayakel region in al-Ghazaliya district, causing the Read More …
Scientists at the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), the R&D centre for the Department and Science and Technology, have developed special boots that deflect the impact of a blast from an Improvised Explosive Device Read More …
An explosion Saturday in a Minnesota mosque was caused by an improvised explosive device, an FBI official said. No one was injured in the blast at the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in the city of Bloomington. Rick Thornton, the FBI’s Read More …