- Israel: Houthis claim credit after suspected drone attack kills one, wounds ten in Tel Aviv
July 19, 2024
A drone attack was allegedly carried out on Ben Yehuda Street on the corner of Shalom Aleichem near the US Consulate after loud explosions were heard in Tel Aviv early Friday morning. The Yemeni Houthis have claimed responsibility for the attack on their personal channel. During searches by emergency services, the body of a lifeless man ...
- Effects of Membrane Properties on the Odor Emanating from Training Aids for Explosive-Detective Canines
July 18, 2024
Many previous studies have shown that canines rely on the odor of volatile organic compounds that are emitted by explosive formulations. It is then especially important that canines be trained on authentic odors that are neither degraded nor contaminated. Research by Himanshi Upadhyaya and John V. Goodpaster of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Indiana ...
- British Columbia: Diving team practises eliminating underwater explosives off of Vancouver Island
July 18, 2024
Roughly a dozen Canadian Armed Forces members are diving into the waters off Metchosin, learning how to safely dispose of underwater explosives. The trainees at CFB Esquimalt are with Fleet Diving Unit Pacific, which eliminates underwater hazards, such as sea mines from the Second World War. “We don’t want any sea mines drifting into shipping lanes ...
- NY National Guard civil support teams learn from Brazilian counterparts
July 18, 2024
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL— Thirty-five New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen spent a week in Rio De Janeiro learning how to help secure a major soccer tournament from a chemical, biological, or radiological attack from Brazilian Soldiers. The members of the New York National Guard’s 2nd and 24th Civil Support Teams, who specialize in identifying, ...
- Lithuania withdraws from Convention on Cluster Munitions
July 18, 2024
‘It is regrettable that Lithuania has taken the decision today to withdraw from the Convention on Cluster Munitions. Even though the security situation in Europe has changed due to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, it is vital that states uphold their obligations to prohibit the use, stockpiling and transfer of these types of weapons,’ ...
- Israel: Car explosion in Petah Tikva wounds two in suspected criminal hit
July 18, 2024
A car explosion in the central city of Petah Tikva on Thursday left two people wounded, one seriously and one moderately, in what police were investigating as a criminal incident. Hebrew media reported that a third man, who had left the vehicle before the explosion, was thought by police to have been the target of the ...
- Multinational EOD partners train combined insertion at RIMPAC 2024
July 18, 2024
U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technicians integrate with partners from Korea, Mexico, Peru and the Netherlands during fast rope insertion and rappel interoperability training from a U.S. Army UH-60M Blackhawk helicopter assigned to Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024, Bellows Air Force Station, Hawaii, ...
- US provided $38M for humanitarian mine action programs in Azerbaijan
July 18, 2024
Since 1999, the United States has provided almost $38 million to support humanitarian mine action programs in Azerbaijan, the US Embassy in Baku said on X, Report informs. The embassy congratulated the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) on its 26th anniversary. Read more… Source: Report News Sign up for our Newsletter Related:
- UK: Vehicles set alight and police car overturned amid disorder in Leeds suburb
July 18, 2024
Vehicles were set on fire and a police car was overturned as residents were warned to stay home following an outbreak of disorder in a Leeds suburb. The Home Secretary condemned the “shocking scenes and attacks” in Harehills, east Leeds, where there was a “large” police presence on Thursday evening, with helicopters deployed to the area. ...
- West Bank: Four Israelis Wounded in Samaria IED Attack
July 18, 2024
Four Israelis were wounded on Thursday afternoon when Arab terrorists targeted their vehicle with an explosive near the Jewish community of Hermesh in northwestern Samaria. The Israel Defense Forces confirmed that “two IDF soldiers on leave were moderately and lightly wounded as a result of an IED charge near Hermesh in the Menashe Division; two civilians ...
- SIGAR finds US aid vetting failures may have benefited militants in Afghanistan
July 18, 2024
Two State Department bureaus could not prove compliance with internal policies for vetting aid groups in Afghanistan that received $293 million in funds, Washington’s Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said Wednesday. “It is critical that State knows who is actually benefiting from this assistance in order to prevent the aid from being diverted to ...
- India: Two STF constables killed, four injured in IED blast triggered by Naxals in Bijapur
July 18, 2024
Two Special Task Force (STF) jawans were killed and four others injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast by Naxalites in Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh, police said on Thursday. The incident occurred on Wednesday night in the Tarrem area as a joint team of security personnel was returning from an anti-Naxalite operation in the forests ...
- U.S. and Vietnam Conduct EOD Subject Matter Expert Exchange
July 17, 2024
U.S. Navy Sea, Air, and Land (SEAL) Operators, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technicians (Tech), and members of the Vietnamese Armed Forces conducted a Subject Matter Expert Exchange (SMEE) on EOD capabilities and standard operating procedures (SOP), advancing military-to-military cooperation between the two nations across a broad range of security capabilities, July 10. During the SMEE, EOD ...
- Pennsylvania: Details on the improvised bombs in gunman’s car at Trump rally released to law enforcement departments
July 17, 2024
The two devices in the car owned by Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pa., were almost identical in construction, according to the task force’s report. Each contained a cardboard tube filled with a gray powder that was described by a police bomb technician as having “an odor of nitromethane” and appeared to contain prills ...
- NCIA supports counter-terrorism efforts
July 17, 2024
“Everyday things that look peaceful could be used as a weapon.” Locating and disposing of explosive devices in a safe manner is one challenge, identifying and eliminating the threat is another. Scientists from NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) have developed an automated biometric identification system and trained soldiers on how to use it during Exercise ...
- Switzerland: Detection of improvised explosive devices – armasuisse takes part in a European Defence Agency project
July 17, 2024
Bern, 17.07.2024 – Improvised explosive devices are set to be able to be detected quicker and more reliably in the future. The Federal Office for Defence Procurement armasuisse is taking part in a European Defence Agency (EDA) research project on this topic. The Deputy Chief of Armament Thomas Rothacher signed the agreement to participate in ...
- Philippines: Bomb-making materials worth P2.3M seized in Camarines Norte
July 17, 2024
Soldiers recovered materials used for making explosives in Barangay Exciban, Labo, Camarines Norte. The cache included five large plastic drums containing 21 rolls of detonating cables, capable of producing nearly 2,000 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) valued at approximately P2.3 million. Authorities believe the materials belong to a rebel group and were hidden in the area. Read more… Source: ...
- Arizona: Robot dogs being used to help first responders during suspicious calls
July 17, 2024
The Arizona Department of Public Safety is out patrolling the roads every day. Still, DPS has a lot of different departments, like its bomb squad which responds to threats with the FBI and local police departments. They are constantly using new technology to help on calls. DPS currently has 10 bomb squad technicians, and they use ...
- Vietnam: British organisation supports Quang Binh in UXO clearance
July 17, 2024
The central province of Quang Binh, one of the localities most affected by unexploded ordnance (UXO) left over from the war, has benefited from UXO risk education, survey and clearance activities implemented by British non-governmental organisation Mines Advisory Group (MAG). Nguyen Van Chien, a resident of Cu Nam commune, Bo Trach district, used to live and ...
- Pennsylvania: Remote detonator found next to Thomas Crooks’ cellphone at the scene of Butler rally shooting
July 17, 2024
A remote detonator was found on would-be assassin Thomas Crooks’ body alongside his cell phone after he was shot dead by Secret Service snipers at a Donald Trump rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. A picture first published by Pittsburgh’s WPXI showed the detonator, a rectangular grey device with a keypad similar to a television remote control, ...
- Defeat ISIS Mission in Iraq and Syria for January – June 2024
July 16, 2024
TAMPA, Fla. – From January to June 2024, ISIS has claimed 153 attacks in Iraq and Syria. At this rate, ISIS is on pace to more than double the total number of attacks they claimed in 2023. The increase in attacks indicates ISIS is attempting to reconstitute following several years of decreased capability. To continue the ...
- Oman: At least six killed in mosque attack in Muscat
July 16, 2024
At least six people have been killed and 28 others wounded in a shooting at a mosque in Oman in a rare act of violence in the Gulf nation. The attack late on Monday took place in Wadi al-Kabir, a district east of the capital city Muscat, during a major religious event for Shia Muslims. Four ...
- Yemen’s Houthis target 3 ships in Red, Mediterranean Seas
July 16, 2024
Yemen’s Houthi group announced Monday that it attacked three ships in the Red and Mediterranean Seas for breaching its embargo on vessels entering Israeli ports. In a statement, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said the group’s fighters targeted the “BENTLEY I” ship in the Red Sea with several ballistic missiles, bomb-laden drones and unmanned boats. In ...
- Pakistan: Casualties reported after two separate terrorist attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
July 16, 2024
Two soldiers and five civilians were martyred in a terrorist attack on a rural health centre in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan district, the military’s media wing said on Tuesday. In a separate terrorist attack targeting Bannu Cantonment on Monday eight members of the security forces were killed while a retaliatory operation killed 10 terrorists, the ...
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