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- Singapore: A look at SAF’s selection process, training for its bomb disposal experts
October 16, 2023
When the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) was alerted to a World War II aerial bomb last month, the experts sent to assess the situation had never been involved in such ...
- Pakistan: CTD issues list of 127 most wanted militants in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
October 16, 2023
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) has issued a list of the most wanted militants across the province with mostly from Swabi district. The list carries names of 127 militants ...
- Israeli Merkava Tanks Appear With ‘Cope Cage’ Armor
October 16, 2023
Israeli Merkava tanks have emerged with metal armor screens on top of their turrets as the country continues to prepare for a major ground assault into the Gaza Strip. The ...
- UK: Counter-terror police investigate death of man in Hartlepool
October 16, 2023
Counter-terrorism police are investigating the death of a man and the assault of another in Hartlepool. A 44-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder after the ...
- Israel: IDF seized Hamas weapons cache
October 16, 2023
Israel Defense Forces confiscated a large cache of weapons and supplies from Hamas terrorists amid the attack against Israel, the group announced Sunday. The weaponry removed from Hamas’ possession included ...
- Nigeria: Troops seize explosive devices, clear terrorist camps in Imo, Anambra
October 15, 2023
Troops of “Operation UDO KA II’’ conducted clearance operations on terrorist camps in Imo and Anambra on Saturday. The troops arrested a suspected terrorist and also recovered improvised explosive device-making materials, ...
- Ukraine: Two teens blow up on mine in Mykolaiv region
October 15, 2023
In Ukraine’s Mykolaiv region, one teenager died and another was injured after a mine set off. This was reported by the Minister of Internal Affairs, Ihor Klymenko. “A 14-year-old teenage boy ...
- Israel: IDF kills Hamas commander involved in deadly attacks as rocket fire on south resumes
October 15, 2023
The military on Sunday said it killed another commander in Hamas’s commando forces who led the murderous attacks on southern Israeli communities last weekend, as Israel moved to evacuate a ...
- Cambodia: Vietnam War era U.S. aerial bomb safely removed in Phnom Penh’s suburb
October 15, 2023
A Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC)’s expert team safely removed a war-left U.S.-made MK-82 aerial bomb from an area in the northwestern suburb of Phnom Penh, a mine clearance chief ...
- UK: WWII bouncing mine found at Devon recycling centre
October 14, 2023
A Second World War bouncing mine has been found in a Devon recycling centre. Police in Kingsbridge confirmed that the unexploded ordnance was discovered at Torr Quarry earlier today (Saturday ...
- Canada to conduct flights, airports security audit in Pakistan
October 14, 2023
A delegation of Transport Canada will visit Pakistan in December to conduct a flight and airport security audit, ARY News reported on Friday. Canada is expected to conduct a security ...
- France raises security level after school knife attack
October 14, 2023
The French prime minister has put the country on its highest state of counter-terrorism alert after an assailant fatally stabbed a teacher and seriously wounded two others. Witnesses say the ...
- UK: Devon man admits encouraging terrorism online
October 14, 2023
A man has admitted encouraging terrorist activity but denies threats to kill two terrorism experts. Harry Parris, 22, pleaded guilty to four counts of encouraging terrorism online on the basis ...
- Jammu and Kashmir: IED destroyed in Baramulla
October 14, 2023
A major tragedy was averted by troops on Friday by timely detecting and defusing an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) along the Handwara Baramulla Highway. An army official said a high-powered IED ...
- Almost €500 million allocated for mine clearance in Ukraine
October 13, 2023
Ukraine has allocated about €500 million for mine clearance, which will be spent on survey equipment, machinery and equipment for bomb disposal experts. Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said that taking into ...
- Azerbaijan: One civilian killed, another injured in landmine blast in Fuzuli
October 13, 2023
On October 13, a landmine explosion occurred in the village of Ashaghi Veysalli, Azerbaijan’s Fuzuli district, the Interior Ministry and the Azerbaijan Mine Action Agency (ANAMA) said in a joint ...
- U.S. Army Explosives Forensics Stakeholders Meet to Collaborate on Future Defense Capabilities
October 12, 2023
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD – The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) recently hosted the first Stakeholder Engagement Day for the Army Explosives Forensics program. This ...
- Florida: Man hid firework mortars with shrapnel attached inside Eustis home before assaulting woman
October 11, 2023
Lake County deputies said a man who fled after assaulting a woman in Eustis on Sunday hid improvised explosive devices inside the home before he left. The sheriff’s Office said ...
- 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 ...
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