Mexico: Suspected car bomb explodes in the city of Celaya amid cartel turf war

An apparent booby trap or car bomb has exploded in a cartel-dominated Mexican city, wounding several officers of the country’s National Guard who approached the vehicle to inspect it. The National Guard said on Thursday that the explosion occurred late Read More …

Washington: Tennis ball rigged with fuse leads bomb squad to man’s truck

A driver found a tennis ball rigged with a fuse in his truck, prompting a bomb squad response in Washington, troopers said. The man was driving to get an estimate for a shattered window on June 29, Washington State Patrol Read More …

Washington DC: Man wanted on January 6-related charges arrested with guns and bomb making materials

A man with numerous firearms and materials to make an explosive was arrested Thursday in former President Barack Obama’s Washington, DC, neighborhood after claiming on an internet livestream that he had a detonator, law enforcement officials told CNN. Taylor Taranto, Read More …

Boko Haram brings IEDs back to Cameroon

Boko Haram’s return to using improvised explosive devices (IEDs) is a major worry for Cameroon’s Far North Region. Until recently, the region hadn’t recorded any major bomb attacks since 8 January 2021, when 15 people were killed in Mozogo. But Read More …

US Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal techs train with Charlotte Police Bomb Squad

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians honed their lifesaving skills together with the police bomb squad in Charlotte, North Carolina. Army EOD techs from the Fort Liberty, North Carolina-based 18th Ordnance Company (EOD) trained with their civilian Read More …

UNAMA report records heavy toll on Afghan civilians by IED attacks

Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) remain a significant concern in Afghanistan – despite an overall decline in civilian casualties since the Taliban takeover – characterized by a rise in attacks on places of worship and against the minority Hazara community, a Read More …

Estonia should consider using anti-personnel mines – Kunnas

Estonia should consider introducing anti-personnel mines in its national defense program, said Leo Kunnas (EKRE), deputy chairman of the Riigikogu’s National Defense Committee, on Monday. Anti-personnel mines are banned in all European countries. “While during the previous Riigikogu session, we Read More …

The Future of Warfare Lies Underground: How Armies Are Training to Fight in Caves, Tunnels, and Sewers

One of the oldest battlefields in the history of warfare is back. The U.S. Army recently took part in an underground training exercise, called Exercise Warrior Shield, in March earlier this year. Soldiers practiced subterranean warfare tactics at training facilities Read More …

50 years since US troops left Vietnam, bombs continue to kill

Ho Sy Bay, 62, was rummaging around in his garden in central Vietnam when he struck something harder than sand or soil. Cautiously, he brushed aside the surrounding dirt and realised he was staring at an unexploded missile. Although Sy Read More …