- South Korea: New EOD facility marks milestone in 24-year planning effort
November 21, 2024
Kunsan Air Base – The 8th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal team hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new facility Nov. 21, 2024. Planning for the project began in 2000, an effort between the 8th Fighter Wing, the Army Corps of Engineers and host nation military and civilian partners. The project went through various programming, ...
- Ontario: Explosives found in RV after standoff in Barrie
November 21, 2024
Police say several explosive devices were found inside an RV where an allegedly armed man had barricaded himself for about 14 hours in Barrie, Ont. Police say officers responded to a call about an individual with a firearm in an RV parked in a lot on Bayfield Street Tuesday morning. They say officers made contact with ...
- Zimbabwe’s demining efforts receive international support
November 21, 2024
Zimbabwe’s efforts to achieve a landmine free environment have been recognised by international organs such as the African Union, with the country targeting to complete the demining exercise by 2026. An African Union Commission delegation led by Ambassador Limam Jalil paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Defence Honourable Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri at the Defence House ...
- Don’t condemn the US decision to give anti-personnel mines to Ukraine
November 21, 2024
In Ukraine, it’s not just the frontline that’s a minefield. The decision of the United States to offer landmines to Ukraine, a signatory of the landmine ban treaty, creates as much of a diplomatic minefield as a military one. Landmines are different from other weapons that have lethal effects at the moment of their use. In ...
- CBRN Dismounted Reconnaissance System Reaches FOC
November 20, 2024
The Joint Project Manager for CBRN Sensors team completed fielding of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal variant of our CBRN Dismounted Reconnaissance System (CBRN DRS) to the U.S. Army in October 2024. The CBRN DRS provides detection, decontamination, and protective equipment for CBRN reconnaissance missions in difficult-to-access areas. The CBRN DRS is designed to support operational and ...
- Pakistan: At least 42 killed in sectarian violence in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
November 20, 2024
Gunmen have opened fire on convoys of Shia pilgrims in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 42 people, according to authorities in the restive province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Women and children were among the fatalities in the attacks in the Kurram tribal district on Thursday, police said on Friday. Sectarian violence has escalated since July in Kurram, ...
- Florida Man Arrested, Charged for Alleged Plot to Bomb New York Stock Exchange
November 20, 2024
Authorities arrested and charged a Florida man on Wednesday for allegedly planning to bomb the New York Stock Exchange the week before Thanksgiving. Harun Abdul-Malik Yener discussed with FBI informants and undercover employees that he wanted to force a “reboot” or “reset” of the U.S. government. The man was charged with “attempting to use an improvised ...
- California: Explosives found in Putah Creek Canal
November 20, 2024
Just before 9 a.m. Tuesday, workers cleaning out the Putah Creek Canal between Martin Road and Hilborn Road located what appeared to be a smoke grenade and fragmentary grenade. Officers responded to the scene and called Travis Air Force Base’s Explosive Ordinance Disposal team to assist. EOD arrived and determined that although the smoke grenade was ...
- Greek police seize cache of explosives in central Athens
November 20, 2024
Greek police seized firearms and explosives during a search of a storage unit in the central Athens neighborhood of Pangrati late Tuesday. According to reports, earlier that day, a private citizen alerted authorities after discovering a stockpile of weaponry in a storage unit he owned but had not visited for an extended period. Police bomb disposal ...
- Ukraine to get US land mines for use against Russian forces
November 20, 2024
US President Joe Biden has approved providing antipersonnel land mines to Ukraine in what has been seen as another policy reversal on weapons provided to Kyiv by the outgoing United States administration, according to reports. The US expects Ukraine to use the land mines in its own territory, though it has committed not to use them ...
- Pakistan: 12 security personnel killed in Bannu suicide attack
November 20, 2024
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Wednesday that 12 security personnel were martyred in a suicide blast in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) District Bannu. The military’s media wing, in a statement, said that terrorists or “khawarij” attempted to attack a joint check post in the general area of Mali Khel in Bannu on November 19. “In ...
- Fourth tourist dies after suspected mass poisoning in Laos
November 20, 2024
Australian teen Bianca Jones has become the fourth tourist to have died in a suspected mass poisoning in Laos. The 19-year-old’s family confirmed her death to the media on Thursday. Hours earlier, the US State Department told the media that an American man died in the tourist town of Vang Vieng. Two Danish women, aged 19 ...
- Nigeria: IEDs Remain Threats To National Security
November 20, 2024
The national coordinator of the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) in the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), Maj-Gen. Adamu Laka said the use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) by terrorists poses a significant challenge to national security, security personnel and citizens. Gen. Laka stated this on Tuesday, November 19, at a two-day Counter Improvised ...
- UK: NHS staff ‘may have treated Covid with poor PPE’
November 20, 2024
A former Welsh health minister has said that NHS staff may have treated Covid patients during the pandemic with inadequate PPE. Former first minister Vaughan Gething, who was in charge of the health service from 2016 to 2021, returned to the Covid inquiry to give evidence on Wednesday. The inquiry heard that early PPE stocks ran ...
- Russia: FSB arrests German citizen who arrived from Poland to sabotage energy facility in Kaliningrad
November 20, 2024
Officers of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) have arrested a German citizen who was involved in sabotaging a gas metering station in Kaliningrad in the spring of 2024 as he arrived from Poland to blow up a Russian energy facility. “The FSB has detained the criminal Nikolai Gaiduk, born in 1967, a resident of Hamburg, ...
- Greece: New arrest made in connection with Athens flat blast last month
November 19, 2024
A 31-year-old man was arrested Monday afternoon in connection with a deadly explosion of an improvised device in an Athens apartment last month. The arrest, the latest in a series linked to the blast, which has raised concerns about a growing radical network in the city, was made after authorities investigating the scene identified the man’s ...
- Syria: Head of Kafr Nan Municipality killed in a car bomb explosion in northern Homs
November 19, 2024
The head of the Kafr Nan municipality, Mohammad al-Ismail, was martyred today when an explosive device exploded in a van he was driving in the village of Tasnin, in the northern countryside of Homs. A medical source at al-Bassel hospital in the Al-Zahraa neighbourhood of Homs city told the SANA correspondent that the hospital received the ...
- Cambodia, Vietnam strengthen mine action cooperation at Hanoi talks
November 19, 2024
Senior Minister Ly Thuch, first vice-president of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA), held talks with Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung to strengthen bilateral cooperation on mine action and reaffirm commitments to peace-building efforts. The meeting, which included Cambodian ambassador to Vietnam Chea Kimtha and Juan Carlos Ruan, director of ...
- Venezuela: Eleven people arrested after explosion, fire at gas complex
November 18, 2024
Eleven people have been arrested as part of an investigation into an explosion and fire at a major gas complex last week, Venezuela’s vice-president and oil minister Delcy Rodriguez said on Monday. The Muscar gas complex in the country’s eastern Monagas region, operated by state oil company PDVSA, was temporarily shutdown after a pipeline explosion caused ...
- Russia: FSB detains Russian man for preparing terrorist attacks in Belgorod, Bryansk, Tula regions
November 18, 2024
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained a 48-year-old Russian citizen for planning terrorist attacks in Belgorod, Bryansk, and Tula regions under the direction of Ukrainian special services, the agency’s press office reported. “A Russian citizen, born in 1976, was arrested for manufacturing improvised explosive devices in the interests of Ukrainian special services. The devices ...
- Pakistan: IED blast rocks Peshawar-Parachinar highway
November 18, 2024
An improvised explosive device (IED) planted on the Peshawar-Parachinar highway at Charkhel area in lower parts of Kurram tribal district detonated with a loud explosion early Sunday morning. No casualties were reported in the explosion. According to police sources, the IED was planted by militants at Charkhel, with its wiring extending several meters away for remote ...
- Poland signs agreement with domestic companies to manufacture explosives
November 18, 2024
The Polish government has signed a letter of intent with domestic companies to make the nitrocellulose and multi-base powders necessary for producing ammunition, it said on Monday. Since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Poland has taken significant steps to bolster its defensive capabilities in the event of future conflict. “It is the first ...
- Somalia: Three killed, one injured in explosion in Lower Shabelle
November 18, 2024
In Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region, a civilian vehicle triggered a landmine, resulting in the death of three individuals and leaving another wounded, local officials reported Monday. According to the local administration’s statement, the incident unfolded in the Doonka region, on the road between the districts of Wanlaweyn and Afgooye, as the vehicle traveled from Afgooye. The ...
- Vidisco Announces US Patent Award
November 17, 2024
Vidisco is proud to announce the awarding of a U.S. patent, an esteemed recognition that highlights the distinct innovation and technological advancement of our portable X-ray systems. This patent affirms Vidisco’s dedication to delivering cutting-edge solutions for the EOD and security fields, where our technology enables safer, more efficient operations in critical situations worldwide. With this recognition, ...
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