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- 500,000 mines strategically placed along Ukraine’s northern border
November 17, 2023
The areas of Ukraine that border the Russian Federation, including Kyiv, Volyn, Rivne, and Zhytomyr, have been mined with a total of 500,000 mines Colonel Vladyslav Seleznov, former head of ...
- Innovation conference sparks collaboration to reduce risks of landmines and other explosive ordnance
November 16, 2023
Geneva, Switzerland – November 16, 2023 The GICHD Innovation Conference 2023, a groundbreaking event aimed at harnessing the potential of innovation to reduce the risks caused by landmines, cluster munitions and other explosive ordnance, ...
- EOD career past, present, future
November 16, 2023
Eglin’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight hosted the Air Force’s first-ever EOD Heritage Panel Nov. 10, 2023. The panel brought together career field managers to discuss the history, current state, and ...
- Can robot dogs programmed with AI find hidden explosive devices?
November 16, 2023
Forty programmers demonstrated how AI-enabled robotic dogs could carry out potentially dangerous tasks that would otherwise be undertaken by Army bomb disposal experts at the Defence AI Centre (DAIC) sponsored ...
- India: Militants plant IED, attack Assam Rifles troop in Tengnoupal
November 16, 2023
Militants in Manipur ambushed a troop of Assam Rifles after planting an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Saibol area of Tengnoupal district on Thursday morning when the soldiers were conducting ...
- Myanmar military admits facing ‘heavy assaults’ from anti-coup forces
November 16, 2023
Myanmar’s military regime has admitted it is facing “heavy assaults” by anti-coup forces who began a coordinated offensive at the end of last month, claiming to have taken control of ...
- Cambodia: Mondulkiri becomes 14th province to be declared mine-free
November 15, 2023
Cambodia has taken another step closer to reaching the mine-free goal after the northeastern province of Mondulkiri was declared clear of landmines, becoming the 14th province to have gained that ...
- India: 35-year-old man injured in IED blast in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum
November 15, 2023
A 35-year-old man was injured in an IED blast in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district, police said on Wednesday. The incident happened in a forest near Boipaisasang village in Goilkera police station ...
- Pakistan: Resurgent militancy
November 15, 2023
While Pakistan may not be witnessing the mass-casualty terror attacks – particularly against civilian targets in urban centres – that the nation saw a decade ago, the militants are making ...
- German police swoop on Hezbollah-supporting ‘extremists’
November 15, 2023
Several hundred German police officers carried out searches across the country on Thursday targeting an Islamist association suspected of supporting the Iran-aligned Islamist movement Hezbollah, the Interior Ministry announced. The police ...
- Yemen’s Houthis have launched strikes at Israel during the war in Gaza. What threat do they pose?
November 15, 2023
For years, the Houthi rebels controlling northern Yemen have chanted slogans at their mass rallies calling for the destruction of Israel. But they never acted on it until the Israel-Hamas ...
- Repurposed Technology Could Help Protect Soldiers
November 14, 2023
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD – An unlikely fusion of ink, ingenuity, and integrated teamwork is applying an existing technology to the challenge of sampling and detecting explosives. At the U.S. Army ...
- Indiana: Police, bomb squad secure improvised explosive device from car in Columbus
November 14, 2023
Columbus police are investigating the discovery of a improvised explosive device, or pipe bomb, in a vehicle near the area of 13th Street and Pearl Street at about noon today. The ...
- Countering Unmanned Aerial System Attacks a Priority
November 14, 2023
Army Maj. Gen. Sean A. Gainey, director, of that office spoke today at a Center for Strategic and International Studies event, “Countering Small Uncrewed Aerial Systems.” Each of the military services, ...
- Zimbabwe: 87pc wartime landmines removed
November 14, 2023
So far 87 percent of all wartime landmines have been removed and the Government hopes to have the last out by 2025, Minister of Defence Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri told her Ministry’s ...
- Philippines: ‘Kamandag’ troops train on bomb disposal techniques in Palawan
November 14, 2023
Troops participating in the “Kaagapay ng mga Mandirigma mula sa Dagat” (“Kamandag”) exercises in Palawan have engaged in proficient drills that would boost their capabilities in explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) ...
- Landmines: New Use Despite Global Ban
November 14, 2023
Russia, Myanmar, and Ukraine have used antipersonnel landmines in the past year, and armed groups used them in at least five countries, Human Rights Watch said today in releasing Landmine Monitor ...
- SOCOM community’s collaborative efforts deliver a comprehensive CBRN protective mask
November 13, 2023
Modern warfighters face various biological and chemical threats on the battlefield, from disease to potential manmade poisons, and they require more protective and innovative gear to keep them safe in ...
- UK: Friend of ‘IS Beatle’ jailed for terrorism offences
November 13, 2023
A British man who spent two years with Islamic State in Syria and knew the British militant dubbed Jihadi John, has been jailed for carrying a weapon for terrorist purposes. Aine ...
- Northern Ireland: Police investigating after pipe bomb thrown at property in Newry
November 13, 2023
Police are investigating after a pipe bomb was thrown at a property in the Watsons Road area of Newry on Sunday night. The incident happened at 7.20pm on Sunday night and ...
- More Attacks on US Forces Following Strike on Iran-Backed Targets in Syria
November 13, 2023
Iranian-backed militants have attacked U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria at least four times in the past 24 hours, raising the number of attacks to 52 in less than a ...
- Israeli Navy’s elite underwater unit operates in Gazan waters
November 13, 2023
The Israeli Navy’s underwater task force YALTAM found dozens of weapons and other combat equipment in a scan of the Gaza Strip’s shores, the IDF said on Monday. The YALTAM unit ...
- Pakistan: One killed, 12 injured in attack on gas exploration company’s convoy
November 13, 2023
One person was killed while 12 others were injured when unidentified armed men attacked the camp office of a private oil and gas company in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan ...
- Iran hangs three members of Jaish al-Adl armed group for bomb attacks
November 13, 2023
The trio was sentenced to death for the 2019 bombing in the country’s southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan. According to the judiciary, the men were sentenced to death after they were found ...
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