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- Military divers from Vancouver Island to conduct mine clearance training in South Korea
October 11, 2023
A team of highly specialized divers from CFB Esquimalt is travelling to South Korea for a training mission. The clearance divers with Fleet Diving Unit Pacific find and dispose of ...
- India: Border Security Force recovers bombs, foils major attack plan
October 11, 2023
Border Security Force (BSF) personnel on Tuesday recovered bombs dumped in a forest in Odisha’s Malkangiri district during an anti-Maoist operation, thus averting a major explosion. The explosives were randomly ...
- Norway to allocate additional $18.5M for mine clearance activities in Ukraine
October 11, 2023
The Government of Norway will allocate an additional NOK 200 million (about $18.5 million) in funding earmarked for clearance of mines and other explosives in Ukraine. “Clearing mines saves lives and ...
- Minnesota: Advanced EOD Conventional Course provides confidence and validation
October 11, 2023
The 148th Fighter Wing Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Flight created and hosted an advanced conventional course for 30 technicians at the Minnesota National Guard’s Camp Ripley Training Center, Little Falls, ...
- UK-led coalition to give Ukraine 100 million pound mine-clearing support package
October 11, 2023
A British-led group of European countries will provide Ukraine with a 100 million pound ($122.70 million) package to support its armed forces including equipment to clear minefields. Britain’s defence ministry on ...
- IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 187
October 11, 2023
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts were today granted access to the rooftop of reactor unit 2 of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) and did not observe any mines ...
- Ireland: Bomb squad carries out controlled explosion in south Dublin
October 10, 2023
Dublin residents in the Sandymount / Ringsend area were shocked this evening as army bomb disposal experts and gardaí rushed to the scene of a discovery which required a controlled ...
- How Hamas Attacked Israel’s Communications Towers
October 10, 2023
Hamas fighters launched coordinated attacks on at least four communications towers close to the Gaza border in the initial phase of their cross-border assault on Israel — the most sophisticated ...
- Turkish soldier succumbs to wounds from IED explosion in northern Iraq
October 10, 2023
A Turkish soldier, who was wounded in an explosion of an improvised explosive device (IED) in northern Iraq, succumbed to his injuries, the Turkish National Defense Ministry said Tuesday. The explosion ...
- Malaysia: Couple arrested after explosives found in Penang apartment
October 9, 2023
Police detained a 32-year-old man and a 38-year-old foreign woman after finding a packed of homemade IED bomb in their unit at the Taman Pandan flats, here on Sunday (Oct ...
- NATO bomb disposal training now crucial part of Ukraine military support
October 9, 2023
An annual exercise aimed at showing recruits how to get rid of explosive devices took part in Iceland. A NATO mission training soldiers in bomb disposal, used in conflicts throughout ...
- Pakistan: Boy dies in Bannu ‘toy bomb’ blast
October 9, 2023
A 12-year-old boy was killed, and his mother and a young relative received injuries when a ‘toy bomb’ exploded in a house in Garbaz Bakkakhel area of Bannu district on ...
- UNICEF donates 15 mobile safety classes to Ukraine to raise public awareness of mine threats
October 9, 2023
UNICEF handed over 15 mobile security classes to the State Emergency Service and the National Police to raise public awareness of mine threats, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said. “We are starting ...
- Advancing Radiation Detection Instruments for Nuclear Security
October 9, 2023
Innovative ideas on how artificial intelligence, machine learning, uncrewed aerial systems and other technologies can be used to enhance existing radiation detection capabilities for nuclear security are being explored by ...
- How Hamas leveraged cheap rockets and small drones to ambush Israel
October 9, 2023
On October 6th Hamas launched its largest ever attack on Israel, killing hundreds of civilians and taking others hostage, breaching the border defenses that surround the Gaza strip. The stunning ...
- Philippines: Improvised bomb explodes near Ninoy Aquino International Airport; one hurt
October 9, 2023
A homeless man sustained injuries after an improvised bomb, which he picked along the road adjacent to Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) Terminal 1 on Saturday exploded. Based on the police ...
- Ontario: Intense bomb-squad practice pays off for Barrie constable
October 8, 2023
Barrie police Const. Kevin Barkley, donned in a heavy, green armoured suit that covers him from head to toe, uses long-handled forceps to nudge debris on the pavement at a ...
- India: Two injured, including CRPF Jawan, in grenade attack near Manipur minister’s house
October 8, 2023
A CFPF Jawan was among two persons who were injured in a hand grenade explosion near the residence of Manipur minister Khemchand Yumnam in Imphal West district, police said on ...
- How Hamas staged Israel lightning assault no-one thought possible
October 8, 2023
Many Israelis would have been asleep when it began. Saturday was the Jewish Sabbath and also a holy festival day, meaning families were planning to spend time at home together ...
- Ethiopian security forces arrest Boko Haram, al-Shabab linked suspects
October 8, 2023
Ethiopian security forces have arrested a number of Boko Haram and al-Shabab terror groups linked suspects, local officials said Saturday. The Sidama Region Peace and Security Bureau said in a press ...
- Pakistan Minerals Development Corporation official killed in IED blast in Quetta
October 8, 2023
The manager of the Pakistan Minerals Development Corporation (PMDC) was killed in a targeted improvised explosive device (IED) explosion in the Sorange area of Quetta on Sunday morning. Local police reported ...
- DR Congo: At least 15 dead, including women and children in IED explosion in North Kivu
October 7, 2023
At least 15 people were killed when a bomb exploded on the evening of Friday, 6 October, in Kyangitsi village, in the Nyamaboko 2 grouping, Katoyi sector, in Masisi territory, ...
- Hamas Launches Unprecedented Surprise Attack On Israel
October 7, 2023
Israeli jets are striking targets in Gaza after the Palestinian Hamas jihadi organization launched a an unprecedented, massive surprise attack on Israel Saturday. The operation saw strikes across that nation ...
- UK: ‘Cyber terrorist’ who hid data on James Bond-style cufflink refused parole
October 7, 2023
A “cyber terrorist” who was jailed after hiding his support for the so-called Islamic State on a James Bond-style cufflink has been refused parole. Samata Ullah, then 34, created a ...
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