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- UK: Aberdeen International Airport Introduces Next Generation Security Checkpoint Scanners
April 28, 2024
Travelers at Aberdeen International Airport can now breeze through terminal security without the hassle of removing laptops or liquids. Thanks to the installation of state-of-the-art Next Generation Security Checkpoint (NGSC) Scanners, ...
- Azerbaijan: Anti-tank mine explosion injuries one in Aghdam
April 28, 2024
A mine explosion occurred in the village of Marzili in Azerbaijan’s liberated district of Aghdam on Saturday, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Prosecutor General’s Office, and the Mine Action ...
- Nigeria: IED planted by ISWAP terrorists kills 8 CJTF members In Borno
April 28, 2024
No fewer than eight members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) have been killed by an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by the Islamic State of West Africa Province ...
- Ukrainian Embassy in Slovakia to hand over four underwater drones for humanitarian mine clearance
April 28, 2024
The Ukrainian embassy in Slovakia has purchased four underwater drones Chasing M2 Pro Max (with a range of 200 meters) for the State Emergency Situations Service of Ukraine, the Ukrainian ...
- No. 1 threat: Drone attacks prompt urgent $500 million request from Pentagon
April 27, 2024
Drone attacks have become the No. 1 threat to U.S. troops deployed abroad, prompting a $500 million urgent request to help erect defenses. Cheap, easy to use, and hard to defend ...
- Ukraine: US mine-clearing vehicle M1150 ABV falls into Russian possession
April 27, 2024
In a recent development, military assets of the Armed Forces of Ukraine , supplied by the United States, have reportedly ended up in Russian hands. Russia’s TASS news agency broadcast a ...
- Azerbaijan: Sapper injured in mine explosion in Shusha region
April 27, 2024
An employee of the Azerbaijan National Mine Clearance Agency (ANAMA) was injured in the line of duty. The incident occurred on April 27 in the village of Gaybaly in the Shusha ...
- Yemen’s Houthis damage oil tanker, shoot down US drone
April 27, 2024
Yemen’s Houthis have damaged an oil tanker and downed another MQ-9 Reaper drone of the United States as they promise more attacks in opposition to Israel’s war on Gaza. The Iran-aligned ...
- Thailand: Songkhla power plant hit by explosions
April 26, 2024
Three loud explosions caused damage to the boiler of a biomass power plant located in Ban Plak Bo area. The Explosives Recovery and Inspection team from Southern Border Province Investigation Division ...
- Ukraine pulls US-provided Abrams tanks from the front lines over Russian drone threats
April 26, 2024
Ukraine has sidelined U.S.-provided Abrams M1A1 battle tanks for now in its fight against Russia, in part because Russian drone warfare has made it too difficult for them to operate ...
- Germany: Unexploded WWII bomb to be defused near soccer stadium in Mainz
April 26, 2024
An unexploded World War II bomb is set to be defused on Friday after it was found near the home of Bundesliga soccer club Mainz 05. A statement from the city ...
- Texas: Austin HSEM Launches Regional Bomb-Making Materials Awareness Program
April 26, 2024
Austin’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM) is launching a new program in the capital area. The Bomb-Making Materials Awareness Program (BMAP) is a federal bombing prevention program with ...
- Syria remains country hardest hit by landmines due to casualties, says UN official
April 26, 2024
Landmines, explosive remnants of war, and improvised explosive devices continue to cause death and injury, especially around armed conflicts, with one person on average killed every hour, with Syria hit ...
- Balikatan 24: Explosive Ordnance Disposal Training
April 26, 2024
U.S. Marines with 3rd Explosive Ordnance Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group; 1st EOD Company, 7th ESB, 1st MLG, and service members of the Armed Forces of ...
- Sudanese army says downed three drones targeting Merowe airport
April 26, 2024
The Sudanese army announced on Saturday that it had shot down three drones that attempted to target Merowe Airport in the northern state. This attack comes 48 hours after the army ...
- UN peacekeepers close base in preparation to leave DR Congo
April 26, 2024
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has helped in the fight against rebels for more than two decades, has closed one of ...
- Ukraine is riddled with land mines, drones and Ai can help
April 25, 2024
Early on a June morning in 2023, my colleagues and I drove down a bumpy dirt road north of Kyiv in Ukraine. The Ukrainian Armed Forces were conducting training exercises ...
- Israel: Nearly intact Iranian missiles found in the Negev
April 25, 2024
The IDF made the decision to disclose this information since some missiles successfully struck the Nevatim base, and this was reported abroad. Despite not responding directly to reports of a transport ...
- Pakistan: Six Frontier Corps personnel injured in Khyber IED blast
April 25, 2024
Six Frontier Corps personnel were injured in an improvised explosive device attack on a military convoy in Upper Bara here on Wednesday. Security officials in the region said that suspected militants ...
- UNMAS Iraq Programme Report 2023
April 25, 2024
Initially, UNMAS Iraq was supporting stabilization and the restoration of basic infrastructure to enable safe and dignified returns of IDPs to the areas liberated from ISIL. In doing this UNMAS Iraq ...
- Thailand: Live grenade and bullets discovered in Pattaya neighbourhood
April 25, 2024
A fully functional hand grenade, type M26, was discovered in the neighbourhood of Wat Boon Sampan (Soi Khao Noi) in east Pattaya on April 22, sparking immediate action from police ...
- Pakistan: Repolling delayed in Balochistan’s Kohlu after landmine explosion injures two
April 24, 2024
Repolling in the Kohlu district of Balochistan for the PB-9 constituency could not take place on Wednesday after a landmine exploded and rockets were fired at a polling station, according ...
- New evidence challenges the Pentagon’s account of 2021 Kabul airport suicide bombing
April 24, 2024
New video evidence uncovered by CNN significantly undermines two Pentagon investigations, the latest of which was released last week, into an ISIS-K suicide attack outside Kabul airport, during the American ...
- Yemen: Blast in the Gulf of Aden may mark a new attack by Houthi rebels after a recent lull
April 24, 2024
A ship near the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait saw an explosion in the distance Wednesday, marking what may be a new attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels through the crucial waterway ...
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