South Korean, U.S. troops conduct combined explosive ordnance disposal training

Dozens of South Korean and American troops conducted joint explosive ordnance disposal training Tuesday to hone bomb disposal skills in various settings and to improve interoperability, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said. The training took place at the Naval Read More …

Cambodia: Some 100 UXOs found in Choam Ksan district

Police in Preah Vihear province in collaboration with the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC)’s demining unit on Sunday removed 100 unexploded ordnances [UXOs] which were found buried in a villager’s farm at the Cambodian-Thai-Border in Choam Ksan district. Choam Ksan Read More …

UK to send 250 specialist troops to Somalia to battle Al Shabab

Britain is to send 250 troops to Somalia as the country battles against Al Shabab terrorists. The move, to take place “within the next 12 months:”, will represent the first official engagement of the new Army Ranger regiment. It comes Read More …

Pakistan: At least 5 injured in blast at Quetta’s Qambrani Road

At least five people were injured in a blast at Quetta’s Qambrani Road on Monday, according to Balochistan government spokesperson Liaquat Shahwani. Police officials and rescue teams rushed to the scene after receiving information of the incident. The injured have Read More …

Afghanistan: Taliban killed, female suicide bomber explodes ‘before reaching target’

At least eight Taliban insurgents, including Pakistani fighters, have been killed and four others wounded in clashes between Afghan forces and the Taliban in Nangarhar’s Achin and Spinghar districts. This comes as a female suicide bomber and three of her Read More …

UK: Survey of explosives contamination in the environment

Scientists from the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) will shortly conduct an environmental survey across a number of different locations to detect and identify traces of explosives that are present in the general environment. The data is used to Read More …

County Antrim: PSNI carry out evacuation after discovery of viable explosive device

Police received a report that a suspicious object had been discovered outside a property on Main Street in Glenavy shortly before 6pm on Saturday evening. Police and army bomb disposal experts atended the scene, closing Main Street and evacuating nearby Read More …

B.C. man who robbed Edmonton banks with homemade explosives faces sentencing next month

A bank robber who blew up homemade bombs at two Edmonton branches three years ago, injuring four armed guards, could face up to life in prison. Last Tuesday in Edmonton Court of Queen’s Bench, 40-year-old Justin Byron pleaded guilty to Read More …

Albanian EOD unit shows off U.S. donated equipment at Vlore Open Day

VLORE, Albania– The Albanian Armed Forces Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit showed off U.S. donated equipment May 22, 2021, at a military sponsored open house in Vlore, Albania, held as part of DEFENDER-Europe 21 activities. During the event, U.S. Ambassador Read More …

Ethiopia appeals for International support to combat landmines

The government of Ethiopia appealed for international support in its effort to eradicate the Anti-Personnel Mines legacy concealed in different parts of the country as a result of previous armed conflicts. The appeal for support includes financial and technical assistance, Read More …

Pakistan: Seven killed in bomb attack on Palestine solidarity rally in southwest Pakistan

At least seven people were killed and 17 injured on Friday when a bomb ripped through a rally organized by a religious party to show solidarity with Palestine in Chaman, a border city in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, police and Read More …

International NGO to demine 7 million sqm conservation area in Zimbabwe

APOPO, an NGO operating in countries where there are landmines left over from previous conflicts, is working on a grand-scale project that will help local communities and wildlife in Zimbabwe, clearing more than seven million square metres of land. The Read More …

Kenya: 3 police officers killed in al Shabaab IED attack in Mandera

Three police officers were on Friday killed and three others injured when they were ambushed by al Shabaab militants in Banisa, Mandera county. Witnesses said the attackers had set an Improvised Explosive Devise on the road which hit a speeding Read More …

Modern Problems and Modern Solutions

Undisclosed Location, US Central Command Area of Operations – Just a little under ten years ago, deployed Marines on patrol would have their eyes scanning for the greatest threat at the time – Improvised Explosive Devices. In Afghanistan alone, just Read More …

Afghanistan: Roadside bomb claim lives of four civilians in Ghor province

According to reports four members of one family were killed in Ghor province on Thursday morning, local officials told the media. A spokesman for the governor of Ghor Zalmay Karimi told the media that the incident happened in village Kharistan Read More …

25,000 people evacuated after discovery of massive World War II bomb in Frankfurt

Thousands of People have been evacuated from a neighbourhood of Germany’s financial capital Frankfurt following the discovery of a massive World War II bomb. City authorities said 25,000 people were evacuated from the densely populated Nordend area after the 500 Read More …

The Women Clearing Iraq of Unexploded Munitions

“They say this job is dangerous, and that’s true – it’s 1,000 percent dangerous,” explained Hoda Khaled, 33, from the city of Basra in southeastern Iraq. Together with other 13 other women, Khaled is currently being trained to remove landmines Read More …