As improvised explosive devices (IEDs) grow more lethal with military-grade explosives and high-impact design and drones become the favoured mode for Pakistan-based elements to smuggle them into Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab, the National Security Guard (NSG) and Indian Army personnel too are upgrading their bomb handling and disposal skills by training with the US Explosives Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (USEODMU) at Guam in the US.
During the two-week joint training programme in Guam from July 10 to July 21, 2023, experts from USEODMU and Rapid Material Analysis Cell-Pacific are training bomb experts from NSG and Indian Army in explosive ordnance disposal, post-blast investigations and sensitive site exploitations. Advanced training will cover aspects like detonator analytics, electronic and digital exploitation, field-level evidence and analysis.
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Source: The Times of India News