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- Laser vibration sensing technology can detect landmines faster than previous techniques
October 31, 2024
Enough landmines are buried underground worldwide to circle Earth twice at the equator, but the identification and removal of these explosives is costly and time-consuming. Vyacheslav Aranchuk, principal scientist in the ...
- Tackling the threats posed by Improvised Explosive Devices
October 31, 2024
Following a successful side event organised by France on 14th October 2024, held alongside the First Committee of the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly on the responses ...
- UK’s Reeves pledges more cash for defence spending
October 30, 2024
British finance minister Rachel Reeves said on Wednesday she would provide the defence ministry with an additional 2.9 billion pounds next year and promised an annual 3 billion-pound support for ...
- Sweden: Declaration of Intent between MSB and Ukraine on Mine Action and Rescue Services
October 30, 2024
The purpose of the declaration of intent is to formalize and emphasize the long-term commitment of our joint efforts. This work aims to strengthen Ukraine’s resilience through support for mine ...
- International community fails to address Azerbaijan’s mine problem – ANAMA chairman
October 30, 2024
The international community is not giving adequate attention to the mine issue in Azerbaijan, Chairman of the Board of the Azerbaijani Mine Action Agency (ANAMA) Vugar Suleymanov said. Speaking at a ...
- Top US Army EOD technician: Only bomb techs should take on unexploded bombs
October 30, 2024
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. – The senior Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician in the U.S. Army encourages anyone who discovers something that might be an unexploded bomb to call in the ...
- Bangladesh: Three injured in improvised explosive blast in Dhaka’s Geneva Camp
October 30, 2024
Three people have suffered injuries after an abandoned improvised explosive detonated near the Geneva Camp in Dhaka. The incident occurred around 10:45am on Wednesday, said Ali Iftekhar Hasan, chief of the ...
- Azerbaijan: 3 mine detection dogs presented to Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action
October 30, 2024
Three new mine detection dogs have been presented to the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA), head of the Karabakh Revival Fund Rahman Hajiyev told journalists. According to Hajiyev, the ...
- First case of Clade 1b mpox strain confirmed in the UK
October 30, 2024
The first case of a new, more dangerous strain of mpox has been found in Britain, the UK Health Security Agency has said. The patient, who had recently returned from Africa, ...
- China-backed training enhances fight against landmines in Somalia
October 30, 2024
The Somali Explosives Management Authority (SEMA) on Tuesday launched a three-day capacity-building training, focusing on enhanced administration and human resource management to strengthen its fight against explosive devices. Funded by the ...
- Nigeria seeks regional action against illicit arms, IED threats
October 30, 2024
The Federal Government has advocated stronger regional efforts to counter the threats posed by the proliferation of small arms and Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in the West Africa sub-region. This call ...
- UK: Southport ‘attacker’ charged with having al-Qaeda manual and making ricin
October 30, 2024
The teenager accused of carrying out the Southport attack has been charged with possessing al-Qaeda material and producing ricin. Axel Rudakubana, accused of the knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed ...
- US ordnance team disarms more than just weapons with African partners
October 29, 2024
VICENZA, Italy – A soldier gently places his finger against a detonation switch. As quick as a lightning strike, a spark speeds down the firing wire. Less than a second ...
- India: Over 150 injured in fireworks accident at Kerala temple
October 29, 2024
A tragic fireworks accident during the Moolamkuzhi Chamundi Theyyam festival at Anjootambalam Veerarkavu Temple near Neeleswaram left more than 150 people injured late Monday night. The police on Tuesday said that10 ...
- UK: Controlled explosion on suspect device in Clydebank
October 29, 2024
An item believed to be a bomb exploding in Clydebank has been captured on video by a nearby resident. A “suspect item” was found in Overtoun Court – a high-rise ...
- Philippines: Army denounces NPA attack on soldiers in Albay relief operation
October 28, 2024
The Philippine Army (PA) strongly condemned the New People’s Army (NPA) after it allegedly attacked soldiers who were conducting relief work for victims of Severe Tropical Storm in Pio, Duran, ...
- LEON and EOD Level 1 Exploitation Training
October 28, 2024
U.S. Marines with 9th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB), 3rd Marine Logistics Group (MLG), and U.S. Sailors with Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Mobile Unit One (EODMU-1), EOD Group One (EODGRU-1), prepare ...
- Iraq: Since the beginning of 2024 explosive remnants of war kill 3, injure 7
October 28, 2024
On Monday, an informed security source revealed the toll of victims and injured due to war unexploded ordnance since the beginning of this year in the southern provinces of Iraq. The ...
- Ireland: Improvised explosive devices seized in Northern Dublin as man arrested
October 28, 2024
Improvised explosive devices were seized in North Dublin on Monday as one man was arrested. As part of ongoing investigations targeting organised criminal activity in North Dublin, Gardaí arrested a man ...
- NZDF recruits learn to deactivate lethal explosives
October 28, 2024
A new round of New Zealand Defence Force recruits are learning to deactivate lethal explosives to prepare for work in war zones around the world – and bases and camps ...
- Syria: Unknown combat drones target US bases in Deir ez-Zor and Homs provinces
October 28, 2024
The US military base in Al-Omar oil field in the Deir ez-Zor province, eastern Syria, came under attack on Sunday evening by multiple kamikaze drones, local sources told Anadolu. The sirens ...
- Milipol Qatar 2024: The Premier Global Event for Homeland Security Opens on Tuesday 29 October
October 27, 2024
Doha, Qatar – 27 October, 2024 – Under the high patronage of His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Amir of the State of Qatar, the 15th edition of ...
- Angola: Trained rodents detect mines for people to farm again
October 27, 2024
“If you come across a snake, it’s best not to get nervous, but to stay calm and wait for it to pass.” The instructions given by paramedic João Eduardo are ...
- How Israel can combat the threat of Hezbollah drones
October 27, 2024
Dr. Yehoshua Kalinsky recalls when he fought in the 1973 Yom Kippur War as a young officer, the Israeli soldiers were using batteries with M61 machine guns attached to them ...
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