- DRC Congo: Bombs hit Goma airport as DRC-M23 battle rages
February 18, 2024
The Democratic Republic of Congo has accused neighboring Rwanda of orchestrating a bomb attack at Goma International Airport in Goma city, North Kivu province. The incident occurred in the early hours of Saturday morning around 02:00 AM when two 81 MM mortar bombs, mounted on commercial drones, struck the airport, causing damage to a Sukhoi-25 fighter ...
- New York: Three incendiary devices found in Chester home
February 18, 2024
On Friday, Orange and Rockland County Sheriff’s Deputies were in the Village of Chester serving a temporary order of protection and executing a firearms surrender when deputies located a bag that contained what appeared to be an Improvised Explosive Device (IED). The Rockland County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Disposal Unit (BDU) was activated and responded to the ...
- The Danger Lurking Just Below Ukraine’s Surface
February 18, 2024
The widespread use of mines has left Ukrainians scrambling to find ways to clear the explosives. New efforts to develop mine-clearing technology may help them push back Russia’s invading forces. The owner of an agricultural company in Hrakove, near Kharkiv, Kryvtsov found his land littered with land mines. That region of Ukraine, occupied by Russian forces ...
- Yemen: U.S. Central Command forces conducted self-defense strikes against missiles, unmanned underwater and surface vessels
February 18, 2024
TAMPA, Fla. – Between the hours of 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (Sanaa time), Feb. 17, CENTCOM successfully conducted five self-defense strikes against three mobile anti-ship cruise missiles, one unmanned underwater vessel (UUV), and one unmanned surface vessel (USV) in Iranian-backed Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen. This is the first observed Houthi employment of a UUV since ...
- Yemen’s Houthis claim missile attack on oil tanker in Red Sea
February 17, 2024
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis claimed responsibility on Saturday for an attack on the oil tanker M/T Pollux, which U.S. officials said the previous day had been hit by a missile. “The naval forces of the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out a targeting operation against a British oil ship (Pollux) in the Red Sea with a large number ...
- Ukraine: Land mine hits civilians in Kharkiv Oblast, two killed, one injured
February 16, 2024
Two people have been killed and one injured by an anti-personnel landmine in Kharkiv Oblast. The incident occurred on Friday near the village of Dovhenke, Izium district. Early reports indicated that people were hit by a landmine.” The State Emergency Service stressed that the liberated territories are severely contaminated with explosive devices. The SES urges people ...
- US to build 5 new military bases for Somali army
February 16, 2024
The U.S. will build up to five military bases for the Somali army in a project that seeks to bolster the Somalian national army’s capabilities amid ongoing threats from an extremist group. Somalia’s defense minister and the U.S. charge d’affaires signed a memorandum of understanding Thursday in Mogadishu, the Somali capital. The new bases will be ...
- India: Man held in Uttar Pradesh for making bottle bombs
February 16, 2024
The Special Task Force (STF) of Uttar Pradesh Police on Friday said it has arrested a man for allegedly making timer bombs using glass bottles packed with iron pellets. Four timer bombs have been recovered from Javed, a resident of Ramlila Tila in Kotwali police station area of Muzaffarnagar, police said. During interrogation, the arrested accused ...
- Yemen: Two killed in bomb blast in Aden
February 16, 2024
A bomb explosion in the southern Yemeni city of Aden killed two people and injured three civilians on Friday. The official, who asked to remain anonymous, said that an improvised explosive device was attached to the official vehicle of Colonel Ahmed Almarhaby, a military official of the Southern Transitional Council, and detonated in Aden’s Daar Saad ...
- India: Woman killed in IED explosion in Jharkhand
February 16, 2024
An elderly woman was killed after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) allegedly planted by the proscribed CPI (Maoists) exploded in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district, a senior police officer said on Friday. The incident happened in a forest near Maradiri village on Thursday, the police officer said, adding that the Maoists planted the IED to target security ...
- UK, NATO to send 1000s of FPVs as drone warfare intensifies in Ukraine
February 16, 2024
The United Kingdom is set to co-lead a coalition of European partners to develop and send “thousands” of first-person view (FPV) drones to Ukraine, His Majesty’s Government has announced. Proven to be highly effective against Russian assets in the country, the FPV drones will include partners like Latvia, Sweden, and thirteen North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) ...
- Yemen rebels say fired at ‘British ship’ transiting east of Aden
February 15, 2024
Yemen’s Iran-backed Huthi rebels said they fired missiles at a “British ship” off the country’s coast on Thursday, the latest in a series of incidents that have disrupted global shipping. Security firm Ambrey said a “bulk carrier was targeted by an explosive projectile whilst transiting” east of Aden, without mentioning its nationality. The projectile exploded off ...
- British Columbia: Annual Exercise Taz Runner starting at CFB Comox
February 15, 2024
On the morning of Feb. 14, CFB Comox celebrated Valentine’s Day with a bang, with the beginning of the annual Exercise Taz Runner. This 12-year-long tradition, conducted from Feb. 15-29 at 19 Wing Comox, focuses on counter-improvised explosive device training and includes participants from the Royal Canadian Air Force, Canadian Army, and Royal Canadian Navy. Read more… Source: ...
- U.S. Central Command forces intercepted Iranian weapons shipment intended for Houthis
February 15, 2024
TAMPA, Fla. – A U.S. Coast Guard cutter, forward deployed to the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) area of responsibility, seized advanced conventional weapons and other lethal aid originating in Iran and bound to Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen from a vessel in the Arabian Sea on Jan. 28. The U.S. Coast Guard Sentinel-class fast-response cutter USCGC Clarence ...
- Emerging Technology and Risk Analysis
February 15, 2024
Unmanned aerial systems (UASs) or drone technologies, both individual systems and swarms of UASs, have proliferated over the past 25 years for a wide variety of applications. As a result, this technology and the ability to employ these UAS capabilities represent both a current and a growing threat as the technology continues to mature. In this ...
- UK: Three people who displayed paraglider images at pro-Palestine rally guilty of terror offence
February 14, 2024
Three people who displayed images of paragliders at a pro-Palestinian march have been convicted of a terrorist offence. Heba Alhayek, 29, and Pauline Ankunda, 26, attached images of paragliders to their backs, while Noimutu Olayinka Taiwo, 27, stuck one to the handle of a placard. They were seen at a protest which took place just seven ...
- Greece: Police linking Thessaloniki courthouse parcel bomb to terrorism attempt
February 14, 2024
Investigators are reportedly working on the assumption that the envelope containing explosives that was sent on Monday to the Thessaloniki courthouse addressed to the president of the Court of Appeal was an attempted terrorist attack without, however, correlating the case with the recent strikes at the headquarters of the riot police in Goudi and the ...
- Iran: No Casualties in Gas Pipeline Blast in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari and Fars provinces
February 14, 2024
Wednesday’s gas transmission pipeline blast in southwestern Iran has not caused any casualties, Oil Minister Javad Owji said, adding that the gas pressure will return to normal soon as the pipelines are being fixed. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a cabinet session on Wednesday, Owji said a “terrorist sabotage” attack has targeted two main ...
- Ukraine claims to have sunk Russian landing ship in drone attack
February 14, 2024
Ukraine claims to have severely damaged and sunk a Russian landing ship in its latest drone attack against Moscow’s Black Sea fleet. Ukrainian military intelligence released video on Wednesday that it said showed several naval drones approaching the Ropucha-class large landing ship Cesar Kunikov off the coast of Crimea. The drones hit the port side of ...
- UK: Man charged after counter-terror police operation
February 14, 2024
An 18-year-old man has been charged with several offences as part of an ongoing terrorism probe. Muhammad Zakir Arif of Bury in Greater Manchester will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court later. Mr Arif man was arrested following an operation led by Counter-Terrorism Policing North West. Read more… Source: MSN News
- Lighter, More Protection: Army Next-Gen Helmet Now Fielded to 82nd Airborne Division Soldiers
February 14, 2024
The Army has officially started fielding its newest combat helmet, the Next-Generation Integrated Head Protection System, to soldiers in close-combat formations, the service announced Tuesday. According to service officials, the NG-IHPS will provide soldiers with “increased ballistic and fragmentation protection” in a 40% lighter package compared to the earlier Integrated Head Protection System, which was first ...
- UK: Bomb squad called after family discover live WW2 grenade with metal detector
February 14, 2024
David Ecob and his eight-year-old Jasmine and seven-year-old Isabelle Stansfield had to run for cover and call the police after making the discovery on Sunday. The trio found the grenade after digging down just three inches below the dirt in a foxhole on a walk off Clumber Road in Worksop – near to Clumber Park. Read more… Source: ...
- Laos: Saving Lives Begins With Education
February 13, 2024
In Thakachanh, a quaint village nestled in Boualapha district. The dry January brings a striking transformation as the roads, which are etched into the village landscape become conduits for fine, red dust, frequently stirred into life by passing vehicles. They settle in a thin layer upon the rooftops and trees, colouring the village in hues of ...
- Coordinated TSA security operations a success at Super Bowl LVIII
February 13, 2024
LAS VEGAS – With the inaugural Super Bowl held in Las Vegas in the books, attention turned to Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) Monday morning for the traditional post-game “get away” and a surge in the number of departing travelers at one of the nation’s busiest airports. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at LAS has been ...
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