- Mexican cartels using Ukrainian frontline to learn more about drone warfare
July 31, 2025
Mexican cartel operatives are understood to have joined Ukraine’s frontline so that they can learn advanced drone training to deploy against rivals and US security forces back in their homeland. Ukraine’s counterintelligence service confirmed it was currently investigating the potential infiltration of its International Legion, a military unit composed of foreign volunteers, by Latin American drug ...
- Hawaii: Maui police call in bomb squad to assess ordnance found off Pūlehu Road
July 31, 2025
The Maui Police Department called in the Hawaiʻi Inter-Island Bomb Squad to assess reports of possible military ordnance found off of Pūlehu Road, Wednesday afternoon. The device was found on July 30, 2025, about a quarter mile mauka of the Central Maui Landfill. The reporting party indicated that the item, identified as a “bomb shell,” appeared ...
- Poland strengthens army with order for 25 US mine-clearing armored vehicles
July 31, 2025
Poland has signed a $115 million (€100 mln) deal for 25 US armored vehicles used for clearing minefields and fortifications, the Polish defense ministry has said. The purchase of the M1150 Assault Breacher Vehicles (ABV), signed on Thursday, is tied to a January 2023 agreement between Poland and the US for the delivery of 116 American ...
- Thai air force debunks Cambodian bomb claim
July 31, 2025
An old bomb found in a border community in Cambodia and dug up from underground was not dropped from a Thai plane during the recent clashes, the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) said on Thursday. The Phnom Penh Post on Wednesday reported that an MK-84 bomb was found in a residential area and linked its source ...
- Pakistan: Four family members injured after mortar shell falls on house in Bajaur
July 31, 2025
Four members of a family were injured when a mortar shell fell on a house in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur district on Thursday, according to the police. Bajaur police spokesperson Israr Salarzai told Dawn.com: “The house of a citizen in Gohati Mamond was struck by a mortar shell, due to which four men were injured. Earlier in ...
- Cambodia: CMAC confirms use of Thai MK-84 bombs in recent border war
July 31, 2025
The Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) has confirmed that MK-84 bombs dropped by Thai fighter jets were used during the recent border war between Cambodia and Thailand, following a field investigation by its Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team. Heng Ratana, Director General of CMAC, said today that the agency’s experts surveyed and identified nine bombing locations ...
- Pakistan: Militants use quadcopter to attack Miryan police station, injuring 6
July 31, 2025
Militants carried out a drone attack on Miryan police station in Bannu by dropping explosives from a quadcopter, injuring six security personnel, including the CTD SHO. The injured include two army personnel, three CTD officials, and a police constable. The incident occurred in the Noorad area within the jurisdiction of Miryan police station. Read more… Source: Samaa News Sign ...
- Burkina Faso: Militant attack on military base in Dargo kills 50 troops
July 30, 2025
A deadly assault on a military base in Dargo, northern Burkina Faso, has left around 50 soldiers dead. Local sources told the Associated Press that about 100 militants stormed the base on Monday, killing troops before looting and setting it ablaze. The armed group Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin, or JNIM, is suspected of carrying out the ...
- Colombia: School of Military Engineers forges experts in neutralization of explosive threats
July 30, 2025
Due to the high complexity and indiscriminate use of improvised explosive devices by groups outlaw, the Explosive Devices Management course was created in 2004, giving birth to the MARTE groups. Since then, these specialists have faced environments that exceed the response capacity of conventional teams, saving countless lives and working to increase the mobility of troops ...
- Singapore: Fewer than 1 in 5 people noticed suspicious items during Ministry of Home Affairs’s social experiments
July 30, 2025
More than 2,500 people in Tampines and Bishan walked past a black suitcase and a black car with a concealed number plate, but fewer than 500 of them noticed the suspicious objects. Even fewer of them either intended to or actually did alert the authorities to the items – just 26. Over a few hours during ...
- Allies Train Together in Project Flytrap
July 30, 2025
V Corps’ 2nd Cavalry Regiment, alongside their allies from the United Kingdom, are conducting counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) training at Bemowo Piskie Training Area (BPTA), near Elk, Poland, as part of Project Flytrap 4.0 from July 27-31. Project Flytrap 4.0 is final iteration of the C-UAS series where U.S. and UK soldiers will test C-UAS capabilities ...
- Cambodia: CMAC launches emergency response to clear UXOs after ceasefire
July 30, 2025
In the wake of the ceasefire agreement between Cambodia and Thailand that took effect at midnight on July 28, the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) has received multiple emergency explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) requests from conflict-affected communities, according to CMAC Director General Heng Ratana. The requests—primarily from border provinces Preah Vihear and Oddar Meanchey—highlight growing concerns ...
- Wyoming: Scan of pressure cooker on Casper sidewalk suggested bomb parts
July 29, 2025
The Casper Police Department says that an initial X-ray scan of a suspicious object left on a Paradise Valley sidewalk on Monday morning revealed “internal components that were consistent with materials used in improvised explosive devices.” Further investigation “did not confirm the presence of any explosive materials,” the Tuesday release from the CPD said. “Investigators did, ...
- Mexico: Former Jalisco cartel member details use of explosive drones by elite unit ‘Fuerzas Especiales Mencho’
July 29, 2025
In a recent interview, a former member of the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) described the recruitment and training process, as well as the operations within one of the cartel’s elite units that serves Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, also known as “El Mencho.” Identified by the alias “Lima,” the man detailed the structure and methods behind the ...
- Nigeria: Troops avert IED attack in Borno
July 29, 2025
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have successfully thwarted an attempt by Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists to plant improvised explosive devices (IEDs) along the strategic Marte–Dikwa road in Borno State. Reportedly the operation was part of intensified counter-terrorism offensives ordered by the military high command to deny insurgents freedom of movement ...
- Belarus launches criminal investigation into UAV incident in Minsk
July 29, 2025
Preliminary findings indicate that on the night of 29 July, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that had been detected by the Defense Ministry and neutralized by electronic warfare systems crashed without detonation in the courtyard of house No. 72 on Matusevicha Street. The wreckage of the drone damaged several vehicles parked near the house. No casualties ...
- Ukraine: Storm washes sea mine ashore on Odesa coast
July 29, 2025
Recently, during a storm on the coast of the Odesa region, waves washed a naval mine ashore, and the Ukrainian Navy conducted a controlled detonation, the Telegram channel of Ukrainian military reports. “A dangerous object was washed ashore by the waves on the coast of Odesa. After it was discovered by the servicemen of the Ukrainian ...
- Sudan: Three minefields unearthed in and around Khartoum
July 29, 2025
Sudan’s National Mine Action Centre (NMC) says its action teams have discovered three ‘internationally banned minefields’ planted in and around Khartoum, allegedly by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) during their occupation of the area. The director of the centre, Maj Gen Khaled Hamdan, told the Sudan News Agency (SUNA) that the three minefields were discovered in ...
- Going Far, Together: U.S. and UK Collaboration Promotes CBRN Deterrence
July 29, 2025
Last month, JPEO-CBRND hosted CBRN defense experts from across the U.S. Department of Defense and UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) for the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Science, Technology, and Acquisition Forum (C-STAF). This annual bilateral meeting fosters collaboration between two close and longstanding allies with a common interest in contributing to global security. Established ...
- Luke EOD Airmen Earn Air Force Team of the Year Honors
July 28, 2025
Three Airmen from the 56th Civil Engineer Squadron’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight were recently named the Air Force EOD Team of the Year, earning honors for their skill, precision and unshakable teamwork. U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Nicholas Frontino, 56th Civil Engineer Squadron noncommissioned officer in charge of explosive ordnance disposal operations, U.S. Air Force Staff ...
- Africa Surpasses 150,000 Deaths Linked to Militant Islamic Groups in Past Decade
July 28, 2025
Militant Islamist groups in Africa continue to be highly active agents of instability across five theaters on the continent. The 22,307 fatalities linked to these groups over the past year sustain a record level of lethality observed since 2023 and represent a 60-percent increase from the 2020-2022 period. Nearly half of the fatalities (10,685) in the ...
- UK: New home for Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal troop
July 28, 2025
A specialist Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) troop has moved into its new home at Gamecock Barracks, Nuneaton. The newly-named Nuneaton EOD Troop – formerly Nottingham EOD Troop and part of 721 EOD Squadron Royal Logistic Corps – relocated in July from Chetwynd Barracks in Nottingham to Gamecock Barracks. The Squadron belongs to 11 EOD and Search ...
- Kashmir: Pahalgam terror attack mastermind killed in encounter during Operation Mahadev
July 28, 2025
In a major breakthrough, the Indian Army on Monday killed the mastermind of the Pahalgam terror attack along with two of his associates during an encounter in a forested area on the outskirts of Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar. According to officials, Sulieman Shah was believed to be the mastermind of the April 22 attack. He was ...
- Cambodia: CMAA urges people in Preah Vihear province to be wary of cluster bombs fired from Thailand
July 28, 2025
The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) has issued an urgent appeal to residents living near the Thai border to remain extremely cautious following reports that Thai armed forces fired cluster munitions into Cambodian territory on Friday in Preah Vihear province. In a public statement yesterday, the CMAA said the attack in the province ...
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