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- How does a Cluster Bomb Work fired from an Artillery Gun
August 13, 2023
The famous cluster bomb also known as the Dual Purpose improved conventional munition usually fired from the M triple seven Howitzer or the Paladin self-propelled artillery. When fire the fuse ...
- Cambodia: NPA contributes $2.1 million for demining
August 12, 2023
The Norwegian People Aid (NPA) has granted the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) $2.1 million for demining. The funds will be used to clear 1,600 hectares of landmine-contaminated areas in ...
- California: How Jewish community safety group tracked down suspect linked to extremist threat in Reseda
August 12, 2023
A tip from a community security group led to the arrest of a Reseda man who allegedly “called for the mass murder of Jews.” Ryan Scott Bradford, 34, was arrested ...
- Poland: 14,000 people evacuated after unexploded bomb found in Poland’s Lublin
August 11, 2023
Nearly 14,000 people living in the eastern Polish city of Lublin have been evacuated after an unexploded bomb was found in the city. Authorities on Thursday told residents to leave ...
- Ready to act on suspicion
August 11, 2023
It’s a small thought that many people might have had at some point – ‘that bag’s been left alone a while’ – out in a public space. For the Air ...
- Cambodia: Demining dog handlers upskill
August 11, 2023
A total of 55 deminers from three different entities have completed two recent training courses designed to enhance their abilities to work with dogs in the course of their duties. ...
- Texas: APD, FBI conduct follow-up investigation in Cedar Park linked to St. David’s Medical Center car explosion
August 10, 2023
The Austin Police Department confirmed its Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) unit along with Cedar Park Police and the FBI is conducting a follow-up investigation in Cedar Park Thursday in connection ...
- NATO troops complete live-agent CBRN training at Exercise Precise Response in Canada
August 10, 2023
CANADIAN FORCES BASE SUFFIELD, Alberta, Canada – Highly specialized NATO forces honed their lifesaving and mission-enabling skills during live-agent chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear (CBRN) training at Exercise Precise Response on ...
- Yemen: Al-Qaeda attack kills senior commander of paramilitary force in Abyan province
August 10, 2023
A senior commander of the Security Belt Forces (SBF), a paramilitary force based in southern Yemen, was killed in an attack by al-Qaeda militants in the southern province of Abyan ...
- UN Sends Mine-Clearing Equipment to Houthis, Sparking Anger Among Yemenis
August 10, 2023
The UN Development Program (UNDP) in Yemen sparked anger among Yemeni governmental and human rights activists after handing over $750,000 worth of demining equipment and devices to the Houthis in ...
- IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 178
August 10, 2023
On 8 August, the team visited the unit 2 main control room, emergency control room and other safety-related rooms. They did not observe any mines or unusual objects in these ...
- Russia: Nine people reported missing after blast at Sergiyev Posad plant
August 10, 2023
Nine people are reported missing after the explosion in Sergiev Posad, the emergency services told TASS. “As of now, we have no information about nine people,” the spokesperson said. On Wednesday ...
- Syria: SAMA TV reporter and three Army personnel martyred in Daraa
August 9, 2023
SANA-SAMA TV reporter, Firas al-Ahmad, and three members of the army forces were martyred when an explosive device planted by terrorists went off on their way back to al-Shayyiah in ...
- Germany supported mine clearance projects in Iraq with more than $100 million
August 9, 2023
The Chargé d’Affaires of the German Embassy in Baghdad, Maximilian Rasch, said, in a speech during the launching ceremony of the National Strategic Plan for Mine Action, which was attended ...
- Finland: Man loads 12 kilos of dynamite into friend’s cars, tells police it was a prank
August 9, 2023
A man living in the village of Kållby in the Ostrobothnian municipality of Pedersöre in the west of Finland, found 12 kilograms of dynamite in two cars he owned on ...
- Afghanistan: Taliban say dozens of Pakistanis involved in recent attacks
August 9, 2023
Kabul’s Taliban authorities said on Wednesday that dozens of Dai’sh militants from Pakistan have been killed or captured in Afghanistan in the past year. The statement came days after Islamabad ...
- Somalia: Roadside explosion kills at least six in Lower Shabelle province
August 9, 2023
At least six people were killed and 12 others were injured when a roadside explosion hit a minibus in southern Somalia on Wednesday morning, the local governor says. Mohamed Ibrahim Barre, ...
- Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company supports new bomb suit helmet program
August 8, 2023
FORT BELVOIR, Va. – U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians are helping the Army improve state-of-the-art combat helmets to better protect them on high-stakes missions. EOD technicians from the 55th Ordnance ...
- Germany: 13,000 evacuated in Düsseldorf after WWII bomb found
August 8, 2023
Around 13,000 people have been told to temporarily leave their homes in the western German city of Düsseldorf after a Second World War-era US bomb was found, firefighters said Monday. The ...
- UK: Bomb disposal team called in and 80 evacuated after ‘hazardous materials’ found in Glasgow flat
August 8, 2023
Around 80 people were evacuated and a bomb disposal team called in after “hazardous material” was found in a flat in east Glasgow, Police Scotland said. Police arrived at the ...
- Pakistan: Seven killed in Panjgur blast
August 8, 2023
At least seven people, including a newly elected Union Council chairman, were killed in an explosion in Panjgur district on Monday evening, officials said. Mohammad Ishaq, the Balgatar UC chairman, ...
- Russia: Scammers from Ukraine trying to trick Russians into committing crimes
August 8, 2023
Scam artists from Ukraine are using a new tactic to drag Russians into subversive activities, the Russian interior ministry said on Tuesday. “Anonymous callers tell people that con-artists are attempting to ...
- UK: Man charged with making explosive substance in south Gloucestershire
August 7, 2023
A 43-year-old man has been charged with creating a bomb hoax after a police centre and nearby homes were evacuated. Police said the Army’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit (EOD) was ...
- Thailand: Manhunt begins after latest blasts
August 7, 2023
Police are looking for those responsible for the bombings which took place in Narathiwat’s Sungai Kolok district and Yala’s Muang district on Saturday night. No one was hurt by the blast ...
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