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Afghan intelligence authorities have seized a truck in the capital Kabul carrying more than 16 tons of explosives hidden in boxes marked as poultry feed. Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security (NDS) said in a statement that the truck, with Pakistani license Read More …
A bomb disposal unit has carried out a controlled explosion at Newcastle College following concerns over the storage of chemicals. Roads were cordoned off while Army officers moved the substances from the city centre campus to be blown up on Read More …
Langley Air Force Base will host a training exercise for explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) experts on August 7. The exercise, Operation Llama Fury 3.0, will last until August 11, and will train EODs from bomb squads at eight east coast Read More …
Border and security authorities would be “doing a lot of soul searching” following revelations that a bomb kit was allegedly mailed to Australia by the Islamic State and probably couldn’t be sure that more explosive devices had not come into the country, Read More …
The U.S. is supplying armored tractors and bulldozers to Kurdish militants to mitigate the IED threat as they fight to liberate Raqqa, Syria, ISIS’ de facto capital, according to officials at Operation Inherent Resolve. U.S. backed Kurdish fighters just completed Read More …
The Indiana State Police made an “explosive” discovery at home in Columbus Thursday afternoon. State troopers found not only a meth lab and a marijuana growing operation, but also eight improvised explosive devices and seventy-five. Due to the presence of so Read More …
Using IR laser ablation coupled with vacuum capture, a system of fingermark sampling has been developed that could be used for traditional fingerprint analysis and also to capture, filter and analyze biomolecules and trace substances such as DNA or explosives. Read More …
A commander in Islamic State ordered a group of Australian men to build a bomb destined for an Etihad Airways flight departing from Sydney, police have said. The improvised explosive device was intended to be smuggled on to a flight Read More …
U.S. Army Col. Ryan Dillon, spokesman for the international coalition against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) said Thursday that as the terrorist group loses territory, it will shift to asymmetric warfare tactics in Iraq and Syria. He said at a Read More …
“Help, I’ve got a bomb strapped to me!” the hostage yelled to the explosive ordnance disposal technician as he gingerly stepped over a booby-trapped victim to approach the hostage on the stairs. This is just one of the many realistic Read More …
A suicide bomber rammed a vehicle filled with explosives into a convoy of foreign forces on Wednesday in Afghanistan’s southern province of Kandahar, officials said. “At around noon a car bomb targeted a convoy of foreign forces in Daman area of Kandahar,” said Read More …
SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. – 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 Read More …
An explosion at a mosque in the Afghan city of Herat has killed about 30 people and injured dozens more. The blast, which struck the Jawadia mosque, coincided with evening prayers at around 20:00 local time (15:30 GMT). Officials said Read More …
Janus Global Operations (JGO) has been tasked to clear areas of Mosul, Iraqof ISIS- placed booby traps, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and explosive remnants of war in a situation a U.S. government official says is “like nothing we’ve encountered.” JGO Read More …