Navy’s Irregular Warfare Unit Releases Advanced Technology Research & Development BAA

The U.S. Navy’s Irregular Warfare Technical Support Directorate, or IWTSD, has released a broad agency announcement seeking research proposals in areas of advanced development and explosive ordnance disposal and explosive operations. A notice posted Wednesday on SAM.gov states that the Read More …

Texas: Crimes Involving Pipe Bombs in 2023

Not too long ago, a friend who lives in Plano, Texas sent me a facebook post she thought I would be interested in seeing. The post, made by Collin County Sheriff’s Office based out of McKinney, Texas, detailed how a Read More …

775th EOD Flight forges bonds with community first responders

LAYTON, Utah — Technicians from Hill Air Force Base’s 775th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight tested their emergency response skills while forging valuable bonds with local first responders during a recent off-base training exercise. Working with the Davis County Bomb Squad, Read More …

How Qatar helped the Houthis become a threat to Israel

The Yemeni Houthi militia shoots missiles at Israel and blocks international shipping routes on the Red Sea. Its members dance traditional Yemeni dances on the ships they seize, and they chant “Death to Israel, death to America.” While the Houthis Read More …

Hong Kong: Teenager jailed for six years after admitting bomb plot

A Hong Kong man has been sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to a terrorism charge under a Beijing-imposed national security law over his involvement in a foiled plot to bomb court buildings. Prosecutors said Ho Yu-wang, 19, Read More …

Somalia: National Intelligence and Security Agency arrests 8, including Ugandan linked to Al-Shabaab

The National Intelligence and Security Agency [NISA] said it detained eight people in connection with the Al-Qaeda-linked militant group, Al-Shabaab. In a statement, NISA said the suspects were traveling in a car that was intercepted in Afgoye, 30 kilometers west Read More …

Israel: Bomb targets home in Herzliya Pituah neighborhood

An explosion rocked one of Israel’s most upscale streets on Wednesday evening, in what was the second incident within a day seemingly targeting family members of a business figure who has ties to the criminal underworld. The blast happened on Read More …

Iraq: Missing Kuwaiti and Saudi hunters killed by a leftover Islamic State group explosive in Anbar

The bodies of a Kuwaiti citizen and a Saudi with Kuwaiti residency who had disappeared in Iraq were found Tuesday, Kuwait’s minister of foreign affairs said in a statement. Iraqi security officials said the men, who had reportedly come to Read More …

India: Over 180 IEDs found this year in Chhattisgarh

Two pressure improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted by Naxalites on a road have been recovered by security personnel in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, police said on Tuesday. With this, the security forces have recovered at least 180 IEDs planted by Read More …

Somalia: Southwest State security forces foil car bomb attack in Baidoa city

The security forces of Somalia’s Southwest regional state carried out an operation in the vicinity of the strategic city of Baidoa following a tip-off from residents. The hawk-eyed Darwish forces managed to seize a car packed with explosives while en Read More …