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Metal shrapnel from an explosive ordnance fired during the U.S. Marine Corps’ 250th anniversary celebration at Camp Pendleton on Saturday hit two California Highway Patrol vehicles, the agency published in an internal report. The celebration, which included a military exercise Read More …
A viable improvised explosive device, four firearms and drugs worth €45,000 were seized during raids in Co Carlow on Thursday and Friday. Gardaí carried out searches on a number of properties as part of investigations into the sale and supply Read More …
A Polish court on Friday blocked the extradition to Germany of a Ukrainian man suspected of involvement in the 2022 attack on the Nord Stream gas pipelines and ordered his release, a ruling that was welcomed by Poland’s prime minister. Read More …
More than 14,500 visitors and 360 official delegates attend 15th Milipol Qatar edition QAR 842 million worth of deals signed on event sidelines Milipol Qatar 2026 scheduled for 20-22 October 2026 Doha, Qatar – October 31, 2024: Milipol Qatar 2024, the 15th Read More …
Authorities in the northern province of Vinh Phuc on October 31 detonated two bombs which had been discovered in Bach Luu commune of Song Lo district. The bombs, weighing 300-400 kg each, were said to be left over from the Read More …
The global landmine clearance charity The HALO Trust has issued an emergency appeal for £1m to prevent former Syrian refugees returning from Lebanon encountering deadly munitions in their homeland. Exactly one month since conflict escalated in Lebanon, more than 400,000 Read More …
The U.S. military isn’t currently interested in fielding kinetic and directed energy capabilities, such as laser and high-power microwave weapons, surface-to-air interceptors, and gun systems, for defending domestic bases and other critical infrastructure from rapidly growing and evolving drone threats. Read More …
Amanhunt was under way in Berlin on Thursday after a man left behind a bag full of explosives at a train station following a routine police stop. Investigators are continuing to search for the man, who fled the scene at Read More …
Enough landmines are buried underground worldwide to circle Earth twice at the equator, but the identification and removal of these explosives is costly and time-consuming. Vyacheslav Aranchuk, principal scientist in the National Center for Physical Acoustics, presented his research on Read More …
Following a successful side event organised by France on 14th October 2024, held alongside the First Committee of the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly on the responses to the threats posed by Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), Sebastian Read More …
British finance minister Rachel Reeves said on Wednesday she would provide the defence ministry with an additional 2.9 billion pounds next year and promised an annual 3 billion-pound support for Ukraine would continue for “as long as it takes”. In Read More …
The purpose of the declaration of intent is to formalize and emphasize the long-term commitment of our joint efforts. This work aims to strengthen Ukraine’s resilience through support for mine action and rescue services, known as the Mine Action and Read More …
The international community is not giving adequate attention to the mine issue in Azerbaijan, Chairman of the Board of the Azerbaijani Mine Action Agency (ANAMA) Vugar Suleymanov said. Speaking at a business meeting with donors and partners of the Karabakh Read More …
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. – The senior Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician in the U.S. Army encourages anyone who discovers something that might be an unexploded bomb to call in the bomb squad. Command Sgt. Maj. Dave Silva, the senior enlisted Read More …
Three people have suffered injuries after an abandoned improvised explosive detonated near the Geneva Camp in Dhaka. The incident occurred around 10:45am on Wednesday, said Ali Iftekhar Hasan, chief of the capital’s Mohammadpur Police Station. Iftekhar said the explosion took Read More …
Three new mine detection dogs have been presented to the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA), head of the Karabakh Revival Fund Rahman Hajiyev told journalists. According to Hajiyev, the presentation ceremony of the dogs to the organization will Read More …
The first case of a new, more dangerous strain of mpox has been found in Britain, the UK Health Security Agency has said. The patient, who had recently returned from Africa, has been transferred to a high-level isolation unit at Read More …
The Somali Explosives Management Authority (SEMA) on Tuesday launched a three-day capacity-building training, focusing on enhanced administration and human resource management to strengthen its fight against explosive devices. Funded by the Chinese Embassy in Somalia, the initiative seeks to boost Read More …
The Federal Government has advocated stronger regional efforts to counter the threats posed by the proliferation of small arms and Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in the West Africa sub-region. This call was made at the opening of the ECOWAS Coordination Read More …
The teenager accused of carrying out the Southport attack has been charged with possessing al-Qaeda material and producing ricin. Axel Rudakubana, accused of the knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in July, is alleged to have made ricin Read More …