Bangladesh: Three crude bombs found in Nilkhet

Three crude bombs were recovered from the Nilkhet area of Dhaka on Thursday morning, on the last day of a three-day blockade enforced by the BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami and their allies. The bomb disposal unit of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Read More …

RNZN to undertake historic survey and submerged WWII bomb disposal in Pacific Islands mission

Operation Calypso will involve the 70-strong Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) crew carrying out maritime security patrols, hydrographic surveys and community engagement activities during visits to Niue, Fiji and Vanuatu. While in Niue, HMNZS Manawanui will take seven people from Read More …

300 More U.S. Troops Deploy to U.S. Central Command

An additional 300 U.S. troops will deploy to the U.S. Central Command area of operations from the continental United States, Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said today. These troops will provide capabilities in explosive ordnance disposal, Read More …

California: Man arrested after throwing pipe bombs at San Francisco patrol car during pursuit

A man has been arrested for allegedly knocking a parishioner unconscious inside a San Francisco Catholic church and throwing pipe bombs at a patrol car during a car chase, authorities said Monday. The 42-year-old Concord man was arrested Sunday by Read More …

Yemen’s Houthis say they launched missiles, drones at Israel

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi group said it launched a “large number” of drones and ballistic missiles towards Israel on Tuesday, after Israel’s military said it downed an approaching “aerial target” off the Red Sea city of Eilat. The operation was the Read More …

What we know about Hamas’ huge rocket arsenal

The military wing of the Palestinian Hamas movement has debuted a new torpedo, said to have been used for the first time in combat against the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) as war continues to consume the Gaza Strip. It’s only Read More …

EOD Airmen bring innovation to a changing battlespace

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – Airmen with the 87th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit partnered with the Innovation Lab here to streamline the process of making more realistic training ordnance. “The delay from ordnance hitting the battlespace to Read More …

9th Annual Defence Logistics Central and Eastern Europe Conference

18 – 19 March 2024 Budapest, Hungary http://www.defence-logisticscee.com/CounterIEDWL #DEFLOG Optimising Logistics Support as a Force Enabler for the Central and Eastern European Region SAE Media Group is proud to present the 8th Annual Defence Logistics Central and Eastern Europe Conference Read More …

France: Police open fire on woman who ‘made threats’ in Paris train station

According to witnesses the 38-year-old woman, who was completely veiled, shouted “Allahu akbar” (“God is Greatest”) and “made threats”, a police source said, adding that “police fired because they feared for their safety”. After passengers on a suburban train travelling Read More …

Israel’s ‘Weasel’ commandos prepare for highly dangerous assault on Hamas underground defences

Israel’s military has developed a range of specialist tunnel fighters including killer drones and attack dogs to take on Hamas’s huge underground network. Officials on Tuesday revealed its forces attacked Hamas gunmen inside the vast tunnel network beneath the Palestinian Read More …