Counter-IED Report Autumn 2024
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EDITION HIGHLIGHTS:
A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR C-IED ENTERPRISE DESIGN
By Paul Amoroso, an explosive hazards specialist at Assessed Mitigation Options (AMO) consultancy
PHASES WITHIN A C-IED ENTERPRISE
By Paul Amoroso, an explosive hazards specialist at Assessed Mitigation Options (AMO) consultancy
DEEP LEARNING-BASED MODERN APPROACHES FOR THE DETECTION, CLASSIFICATION AND NEUTRALIZATION OF IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES
By Murat Aydoğmuş, Lieutenant Commander (OF-3) TUR-N, Electronic Warfare Specialist, C-IED Centre of Excellence
ENHANCING EOD OPERATIONS WITH SHERLOCK SECURITY: ADVANCED IMAGE ANALYSIS AND THREAT DETECTION
By Marc Jansen, Head of Sales & Marketing, Teledyne ICM
THE LOUDEST MESSAGE: DETONATION OF COMMUNICATION DEVICES IN LEBANON
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Chief of Attack the Networks Branch, C-IED Centre of Excellence
HOUTHI USV WBIED ATTACKS TARGETING MERCHANT SHIPS IN THE RED SEA, YEMEN
By Chief Superintendent (ret.) Michael Cardash, Terrogence – Global
“SAMBA JIHAD”: SOCIAL MEDIA, EXPLOSIVES AND DAESH FOLLOWERS IN SOUTH AMERICA
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Chief of Attack the Networks Branch, C-IED Centre of Excellence
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SYNCHRONIZED C-IED STRATEGY IN EUROPE TO COUNTER THE EVOLVING IED THREAT
By Johann Fischer, Head of Unit Land & Logistics and Danny Heerlein, Project Officer C-IED – European Defence Agency
NECESSITY OF A DESIGNATED LEAD ENTITY WITHIN NATIONAL C-IED ENTERPRISES
By Paul Amoroso, an explosive hazards specialist at Assessed Mitigation Options (AMO) consultancy
NESTING C-IED APPROPRIATELY WITHIN A STATE’S NATIONAL SECURITY ARCHITECTURE
By Paul Amoroso, an explosive hazards specialist at Assessed Mitigation Options (AMO) consultancy
A TOO NARROW STRAIT: EXPLOSIVE THREAT DYNAMICS IN THE RED SEA
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Chief of Attack the Networks Branch, C-IED Centre of Excellence
ISLAMIC STATE TWIN SUICIDE BOMBINGS, KERMAN, IRAN
By Chief Superintendent (ret.) Michael Cardash, Terrogence – Global
IED ATTACKS AIMED TO IMPEDE INDIA’S ECONOMIC GROWTH
By Colonel H R Naidu Gade – Indian Army Veteran
VIP SECURITY – A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH
By Vincent Deery, CEO, 3DX-Ray Ltd
Counter-IED Report Winter 2023/24
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EDITION HIGHLIGHTS:
BUILDING THE C-IED ENTERPRISE TO COUNTER THE IED SYSTEM
By Paul Amoroso, an explosive hazards specialist at Assessed Mitigation Options (AMO) consultancy
LEGALLY EMPOWERED C-IED ENTERPRISES
By Paul Amoroso, an explosive hazards specialist at Assessed Mitigation Options (AMO) consultancy
INDIA – THE NATIONAL COUNTER-IED STRATEGY
By Colonel H R Naidu Gade (Retd.)
SMART CHOICES IN SOURCING COUNTER-IED DETECTORS: A PRIMER
By William Ramirez, a veteran of the Colombian military from Military Engineers Corps
HAMAS TERROR TACTICS EMPLOYED IN ISRAEL’S DEADLIEST TERROR ATTACK – OCTOBER 7, 2023
By Chief Superintendent (ret.) Michael Cardash
“PROTECTING STEEL FROM HORNETS”: RUSSIAN REACTIONS TO THE TACTICAL THREAT BY EXPLOSIVE-LADEN DRONES IN THE UKRAINIAN THEATRE OF OPERATIONS
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Chief of Attack the Networks Branch, C-IED Centre of Excellence
GOLIATH’S SON AGAINST DAVID: EVOLVING PALESTINIAN MILITIAS’ TACTICS, TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES (TTPs) AGAINST ISRAEL
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Chief of Attack the Networks Branch, C-IED Centre of Excellence
Counter-IED Report Autumn 2023
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EDITION HIGHLIGHTS:
C-IED STRATEGIC PRINCIPLES FOR EAST AFRICA
By Paul Amoroso, an explosive hazards specialist at Assessed Mitigation Options (AMO) consultancy
TERRORISM – IMPACT ON INDIA
By Colonel H R Naidu Gade – Indian Army Veteran
IED ATTACK IN ISTANBUL AND TERRORIST GROUPS OPERATING IN THE CITY
By Chief Superintendent (ret.) Michael Cardash, Terrogence-Global
DANGER UNDERGROUND
By Tony Kingham, journalist and PR consultant
UNDERSTANDING AND MAXIMIZING C-IED INFORMATION SHARING
By Paul Amoroso, an explosive hazards specialist at Assessed Mitigation Options (AMO) consultancy
“TARGETING THE UNKNOWN”: HUMAN NETWORK CHARACTERIZATION AND TARGET ANALYSIS METHODOLOGIES FOR A NEW CENTURY
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Chief of Attack the Networks Branch, C-IED Centre of Excellence
DETECTION AND NEUTRALISATION TECHNIQUES AND TECHNOLOGIES AGAINST EXPLOSIVE LADEN DRONES
By Serkan Koc, Major (OF-3) TUR-A, Electronic Warfare Specialist, NATO C-IED CoE
WARFARE REVOLUTION IN UKRAINE: THE CHALLENGE FROM FIRST PERSON VIEW DRONES
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Chief of Attack the Networks Branch, C-IED Centre of Excellence
Counter-IED Report Spring/Summer 2023
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DECISION-MAKING AND PROBLEM-SOLVING IN BOMB DISPOSAL: A STUDY INTO THE COGNITIVE PROCESSES USED BY PRACTITIONERS
By Edwin A. Bundy, Ph.D. in F.S., Ph.D. in Ed, CIPBI, Program Manager (GS-15), EOD/EXO Subgroup, Irregular Warfare Technical Support Directorate
IS IMPLEMENTATION OF WESTERN C-IED ENTERPRISES SUITABLE WHEN PROVIDING DONOR C-IED ASSISTANCE?
By Paul Amoroso, an explosive hazards specialist at Assessed Mitigation Options (AMO) consultancy
A STRATEGIC PRINCIPLES APPROACH TO REGIONAL C-IED ENTERPRISES
By Paul Amoroso, an explosive hazards specialist at Assessed Mitigation Options (AMO) consultancy
DEVELOPMENT FROM IMPROVISED HOMEMADE TO MASS MARKET CONSUMER ELECTRONICS COMPONENTS IN IEDs
By Serkan Koc, Major (OF-3) TUR-A, Electronic Warfare Specialist, NATO C-IED CoE
AIRBORNE MAGNETICS – A VIABLE TOOL FOR DETECTION AND QUALITY CONTROL
By Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Süß, Managing Director, SENSYS
NEXT-GENERATION DEMINING WITH AI AND DRONES
ADVANCED SOFTWARE ALGORITHMS POWER NEXT-GEN SOLUTIONS FOR AUTOMATING THREAT DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION
By Safe Pro AI (a Safe Pro Group Inc. Company)
UNATTENDED PACKAGES – THE SECURITY OFFICER’s DILEMMA
By Vincent Deery, CEO, 3DX-Ray Ltd
PIR SENSORS IN IEDs USING CONSTANT POTENTIAL GENERATORS
By Teledyne ICM
INDIA – THE IED CHALLENGES
By Colonel H R Naidu Gade – Indian Army Veteran
“DONBASS WILAYAT” OR HOW TO PLAY WITH JIHADISM IN UKRAINIAN LANDS
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Chief of Attack the Networks Branch, C-IED Centre of Excellence
Counter-IED Report Winter 2022/23
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EDITION HIGHLIGHTS:
OPPORTUNITIES FOR C-IED CONCEPTUAL EVOLUTION IN LINE WITH EMERGING THREATS By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Chief of Attack the Networks Branch, C-IED Centre of Excellence
INNOVATION: KEY TO COUNTERING IED THREATS
By Colonel HR Naidu Gade – Indian Army Veteran
AN INSIGHT INTO IEDs IN AFGHANISTAN
By Shafi Ullah Ahmadzai, program department lead at the Mine Clearance Planning Agency (MCPA)
THE THREAT FROM BELOW: MINE AND IED PROTECTION AND DETECTION
By Andrew Howell MBE, Managing Director of BCB International Ltd
ETACS PROJECT – EOD TRAINING IN VIRTUAL REALITY
By Second Lieutenant David Slatkovsky, EOD Officer of EOD Technologies Department of NATO EOD COE
MOTORCYCLE VBIED ATTACKS TARGETING SECURITY FORCES, COLOMBIA
By Chief Superintendent (ret.) Michael Cardash, Terrogence Global
USV IEDs IN THE BLACK SEA: WHEN THE IMPROVISED BECOMES STATE OF THE ART
By Chief Warrant Officer (CWO) Angel Peiro, military C-IED analyst, NATO
UKRAINIAN DIGITAL SCHOOL: ONLINE TRAINING SUPPORT FOR TOMORROW’S THREATS
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Chief of Attack the Networks Branch, C-IED Centre of Excellence
Counter-IED Report Autumn 2022
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HUMANITARIAN DEMINING – AN INSIGHT
By Colonel H R Naidu Gade – Indian Army Veteran
ADVANTAGES AND CHALLENGES OF DEPLOYING K9 TEAMS FOR THE DETECTION OF IEDs
By Kenan Muftic, K9 professional
IS PLOT INCORPORATING THREE SIMULTANEOUS PBIED ATTACKS THWARTED, BEIRUT, LEBANON
Assessed by Chief Superintendent (ret.) Michael Cardash
TAKING THE SOLDIER OUT OF THE DANGER ZONE ADVANCING GPR FOR STANDOFF MINE DETECTION WITH CHELTON’s AMULET RANGE
By Daniel Goodliffe, Business Unit Manager and Neil Tisdale, Chief Engineer, Land Systems, Chelton Limited
MAGNIFICATION COMPARISON: CONSTANT POTENTIAL VS PULSED GENERATOR
By Marc Jansen, Teledyne ICM
GOING POSTAL – WHEN TERRORISTS USE MAIL SYSTEMS TO TARGET ORGANISATIONS
By Vincent Deery, CEO, 3DX-Ray Ltd.
FLYING ALONE: TACTICAL EVOLUTION OF EXPLOSIVE–LADEN DRONES IN THE UKRAINIAN CONFLICT
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Chief of Attack the Networks Branch, C-IED Centre of Excellence
RECENT MEXICAN CARTEL DRONE BOMBARDMENT ATTACK TTPs: POLICÍA COMMUNITARIA DE TEPALACATEPEC / CÁRTELES UNIDOS (CU) VS. CÁRTEL DE JALISCO NUEVA GENERACIÓN (CJNG)
By David A. Kuhn and Robert J. Bunker, C/O Futures
USE OF IMPROVISED LAND (ANTI-VEHICLE) MINES IN MEXICAN CRIME WARS
By Robert J. Bunker, David A. Kuhn, and John P. Sullivan C/O Futures, LLC and Small Wars Journal-El Centro
Counter-IED Report Spring/Summer 2022
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EDITION HIGHLIGHTS:
THE IED CLEARANCE GOOD PRACTICE GUIDE: CHAPTER 5 – “BASIC CHEMISTRY OF EXPLOSIVES AND HAZARDS OF HOME-MADE EXPLOSIVES AND CHEMICAL PRECURSORS”
By Lieutenant Colonel Robert Friedel, GICHD
IMPROVED SITUATIONAL AND SPATIAL AWARENESS FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS IN HARBOUR PROTECTION BY MEANS OF VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY
By Pilar Caamaño, Arnau Carrera Viñas, David Solarna, Lucia Gazzaneo, Francoise Perret, Claudio Palestini, Alberto Tremori
“UKRANISTAN”: IS THERE ANY FAVOURABLE FRAMEWORK TO IED-WARFARE IN UKRAINE?
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Chief of Attack the Networks Branch, C-IED Centre of Excellence
DEMONSTRATIONS AND TRIALS 2021 – EOD COI POST-PANDEMIC AWAKENING
By Lieutenant Colonel Damian Piórko, head of the EOD Technologies Department, EOD COE
ARMED DRONES IN MYANMAR
By Chief Superintendent (ret.) Michael Cardash
DUXO: YOUTH-LED PROJECT FOR MINE ACTION ADVOCACY AND DRONE-BASED LANDMINE DETECTION
By Mak Nurkić Kačapor, Junior at British International School, Washington DC and Justin Yang, Junior at Walt Whitman High School, Bethesda, Maryland, both co-creators of DUXO Project
ALARMING IED PROLIFERATION IN EASTERN DR CONGO
By Trevor Bachus, EOD Officer at US Army
KASHMIR – TERRORISM SNUFFED
By Colonel HR Naidu Gade – Indian Army Veteran
UKRAINE – “AFTER THEM THERE IS A COMPLETE DISASTER”
By Tony Kingham, journalist and PR consultant
JOURNAL OF AN EOD IEDD TECH IN THE “REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO”
By Joe Kool, EOD/IEDD Operator
Counter-IED Report Winter 2021/22
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EDITION HIGHLIGHTS:
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK TO HOLISTICALLY APPROACH INSTABILITY & INSECURITY
By Paul Amoroso, an explosive hazards specialist at Assessed Mitigation Options (AMO) consultancy.
LONE ACTOR TERRORISM: WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT RISKS AND THREATS?
By Dr Jonathan Kenyon, National Specialist Lead within the Interventions Services Counter-Terrorism Team for Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS),
Dr Jens Binder, Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Nottingham Trent University and
Dr Christopher Baker-Beall, Senior Lecturer in Crisis and Disaster Management at Bournemouth University’s Disaster Management Centre
ISSUES RELATED TO ESTABLISHING CAUSES BEHIND TERRORIST ATTACKS: THE LIVERPOOL ATTACK CONUNDRUM
By Dr David Lowe, Leeds Law School at Leeds Beckett University
DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS – CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER?
By Vincent Deery, Sales and Marketing Director at 3DX-Ray Ltd.
THE BATA EXPLOSIONS: LESSONS LEARNED
By Frederic Maio Programme Manager and staff of Ammunition Management Advisory Team (AMAT) at the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD)
BOMB SUIT SURVIVABILITY EXPLAINED: THE IMPORTANCE OF BLAST TRIALS AND CRITICAL PERFORMANCE TESTING
By Joe English, Lead EOD Engineer and Product Manager for NP Aerospace and Siti Pareti, formerly Counter-Explosive Ordnance Adviser, UK Defence and Security Exports, Department for International Trade
DRONE DELIVERED IEDs – HOW PREPARED IS THE WORLD?
By Colonel H R Naidu Gade – Indian Army Veteran
I&W NOTE: MEXICAN CARTEL DRONE IED BOMBLETS NOW APPEARING
By Robert J. Bunker and David A. Kuhn, C/O Futures, LLC
EAGLES IN PIGEON’S CLOTHING: USE OF EXPLOSIVE-LADEN DRONES BY SHIA MILITIAS IN IRAQ
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Chief of Attack the Networks Branch, C-IED Centre of Excellence
THE BLINDNESS OF THE WEST: OBSERVATIONS FROM TALIBAN INFLUENCE ACTIVITIES
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Chief of Attack the Networks Branch, C-IED Centre of Excellence
Counter-IED Report Autumn 2021
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EDITION HIGHLIGHTS:
MILENG, EOD, AND C-IED: THE ONLY OPTION IS INTEROPERABILITY
By Colonel (DEU-A) Ludwig Thorsten, Director MILENG COE
ONLINE AND OFFLINE: ISLAMIC STATE’S USE OF INTERNET COMMERCE AND FAMILY NETWORKS FOR PROCURING IED-RELATED MATERIALS
By Mike Lewis, Conflict Armament Research (CAR)
IMPORTANCE OF ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPLIANCE FOR BOMB SUITS AND HELMETS
By Doug Wong1, Jean-Philippe Dionne1, Aris Makris1, Alex Leask2, Trevor Yensen2
1 Med-Eng
2 Allen-Vanguard
REPURPOSED DANGER FROM OLD WEAPONS: IMPROVISED USE OF CLUSTER MUNITIONS
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Chief of Attack the Networks Branch, C-IED Centre of Excellence
TOWARDS A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF NEAR-FIELD EXPLOSIONS
By Dr Sam Clarke, Prof. Andy Tyas, Prof. Genevieve Langdon and Dr Sam Rigby – The University of Sheffield
NEW ISCAP ATTACK TTPs, BENI, DRC
By Chief Superintendent (ret.) Michael Cardash Terrogence Senior CIED Analyst / Author of Mobius reports
VBIEDs – SCREENING VEHICLES WITH PORTABLE X-RAY SCANNERS
By Tony Kingham, journalist and PR consultant
EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL / IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES DISPOSAL EQUIPMENT CATALOGUE
By LTC (Ret) Ing. Libor Nyéki, NATO EOD Centre of Excellence, Slovakia
E-D-M CONCEPT IN IED RECOVERY: REDEFINING COUNTER MEASURES
By Ashwani Gupta
TECHNICAL EXPLOITATION IN WATER ENVIRONMENT: DO NOT LET WATER SILENCE EVIDENCE!
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Chief of Attack the Networks Branch,
C-IED Centre of Excellence
EXPODEFENSA 2021 – INTERNATIONAL OFFER FOR THE ENTIRE LATIN AMERICAN CONTINENT
By Expodefensa team
Counter-IED Report Spring/Summer 2021
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EDITION HIGHLIGHTS:
FACING HYBRID THREATS: EFFECT-ORIENTED INTELLIGENCE AND INTELLIGENCE-DRIVEN EFFECTS
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Chief of Attack the Networks Branch, C-IED Centre of Excellence
MISUSE OF ONLINE SERVICES FOR THE FINANCING OF TERRORISM
By Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, Senior Director, Counter Extremism Project
THE IED CLEARANCE GOOD PRACTICE GUIDE:
ESTABLISHING HUMANITARIAN PROCEDURES FOR MINE ACTION
By Ian Robb and Lieutenant Colonel Robert Friedel, GICHD
IMFAD AND HUMANITARIAN MINE ACTION ACTIVITIES IN NORTHWEST (NW) SYRIA
By Gürkan Keskin, Director of Humanitarian Mine Action Association (iMFAD)
EOD HELMET PROTECTION IN SMALL bLAST SCENARIOS
By Aris Makris, Ph.D., Ming Cheng, Ph.D., Jean-Philippe Dionne, Ph.D., Jeffrey Levine, M.Eng., R&D and Engineering, Med-Eng
USE OF IEDs AND VBIEDs IN MEXICAN CRIME WARS
By Robert J. Bunker, John P. Sullivan, David A. Kuhn, and Alma Keshavarz, Small Wars Journal-El Centro and C/O Futures, LLC
SIDE TO SIDE OR TOP DOWN
John Howell, IED/EOD Security Specialist at 3DX-Ray, looks at why scanning vehicles from the top down makes more sense and why the ThreatScan® is the perfect tool for the job!
THE IMPACT OF BREXIT ON THE INCREASE IN NORTHERN IRELAND’S PARAMILITARY ACTIVITY
By Dr David Lowe, Senior Research Fellow, Leeds Beckett University Law School
REVENGE IN THE SKY – THE KANISHKA SAGA
By Colonel H R Naidu Gade, Indian Army Veteran
KURDISH AIR FORCES? TRENDS IN WEAPONIZED DRONES BY HÊZÊN PARASTINA GELÊ (HPG)
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Chief of Attack the Networks Branch, C-IED Centre of Excellence
Counter-IED Report Winter 2020/21
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EDITION HIGHLIGHTS:
TRENDING TACTICS, TRENDING TOPICS… THREAT NETWORKS’ TRENDS IN DIGITAL INFLUENCE
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Chief of Attack the Networks Branch, C-IED Centre of Excellence
OPERATIONALIZING INFORMATION FOR BUILDING C-IED CAPACITY
By Michael Solis, Resident Program Manager in Kenya, U.S. Department of State
MECHANICAL IED REMOVAL IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT
By David Parry MC, MSc, Program Safety & Quality Assurance Manager
AFGHANISTAN – A GLANCE AT THE UNPLEASANT FRIGHTS OF EXTANT IEDs
By Shafi Ullah (Ahmadzai) – Head of Quality Management, Directorate of Mine Action Coordination (DMAC)
DEVELOPMENTS IN BOMB SUIT TESTING AND STANDARDIZATION
By Dr. Aris Makris, Ph.D., Vice-President, RD&E and Chief Technology Officer and Dr. J.-P. Dionne, Director of Research Engineering, Med-Eng
ELECTRONIC INITIATION SYSTEMS FOR MILITARY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS
By DynITEC GmbH
PROLIFERATION OF MINES, IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES (IEDs) AND UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE (UXO) IN COLOMBIA
By Wilder Alejandro Sanchez, international security analyst
PORTABLE X-RAY SCANNERS – A VERSATILE TOOL FOR SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
By Vincent Deery, Sales and Marketing Director at 3DX-Ray Ltd.
CAN INDIA EFFECTIVELY REGULATE EXPLOSIVES?
By Colonel H R Naidu Gade – Army Veteran
USE OF WEAPONIZED CONSUMER DRONES IN MEXICAN CRIME WAR
By Robert J. Bunker, John P. Sullivan, and David A. Kuhn, Small Wars Journal-El Centro and C/O Futures, LLC
PALESTINIAN BALLOON-BORNE IED PROGRESSION
By Chief Superintendent (ret.) Michael Cardash, Terrogence Senior CIED Analyst / Author of Mobius reports
“KILLING ROTARIES”, IMPROVISED THREAT AND EXPLOSIVE DEVICES AGAINST HELICOPTERS
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Chief of Attack the Networks Branch, C-IED Centre of Excellence
Counter-IED Report Autumn 2020
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EDITION HIGHLIGHTS:
MANCHESTER ARENA BOMBING: MAIN LESSONS THAT HAVE BEEN LEARNT
By Dr David Lowe, Senior Research Fellow, Leeds Beckett University Law School
INDICATORS AND WARNINGS REGARDING THREAT NETWORKS… SO WHAT THE WHAT?
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Chief of Attack the Networks Branch, C-IED Centre of Excellence
NEW CHALLENGES, NEW ROBOT. INTRODUCING AUNAV.NEO
By Rafael Jiménez Sánchez, Senior EOD Advisor at aunav, by everis ADS
DEVELOPMENT OF A HUMANOID ROBOT FOR BOMB DISPOSAL OPERATIONS
By Dr. Edwin A. Bundy, Senior Program Manager for the U.S. Department of Defense at the Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office (CTTSO)
CABLE CUTTER™ 3 (CC3) SYSTEM FOR C-IED OPERATIONS AND LOW-PROFILE MISSIONS
By DynITEC GmbH
INDIVIDUAL ELECTRONIC COUNTER MEASURES (IECM)
By Edward McCaul, Product Line Manager for Electronic Counter Measures at Thales UK
IMPROVISED CHEMICAL DEVICES – THE CHALLENGES
By Colonel H R Naidu Gade – Indian Army Veteran
UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE DISPOSAL: CHALLENGES IN THE CONFLICT ZONE
By Ashwani Gupta
WE WILL SHARE GRAVE AT THE SEA: SUICIDE USE OF EXPLOSIVES IN WATER ENVIRONMENT
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Chief of Attack the Networks Branch, C-IED Centre of Excellence
10 YEARS ON STAGE OF THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING
By Lieutenant Colonel Alexander HUGYAR, Head of Education and Training Department, NATO EOD Centre of Excellence
Counter-IED Report Spring/Summer 2020
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EDITION HIGHLIGHTS:
THE RATIONALE FOR SMART LANDMINES
By Rob Hyde-Bales, Consulting Editor, Counter-IED Report
SMART IED THREAT MITIGATION TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP (SMITMITR) –
A DYNAMIC INFORMATION EXCHANGE PLATFORM ON MITIGATING THE THREATS OF IEDs FOR THE UNITED NATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS
By Ying Wing Wong, intern with the Communications team, United Nations Mine Action Service
CONDUCTING IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE DISPOSAL IN HUMANITARIAN ENVIRONMENTS: DISPELLING THE MYTHS
By Matt Wilson MSc MIExpE, Head of Operations for the Swiss Foundation for Mine Action (FSD)
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING FOR EFFICIENT MINEFIELD CLEARANCE
By Alexander Bruckbauer and Vic Grout, Wrexham Glyndŵr University
“BROTHERHOOD OF DISEASES”: THREAT NETWORKS’ DYNAMICS DURING COVID-19 CRISIS
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Chief of Attack the Networks Branch, C-IED Centre of Excellence
IMPROVING ROBOT DESIGN
By Rafael Jiménez Sánchez, Senior EOD Advisor at aunav, by everis ADS
SECURING LARGE CONGREGATIONS AGAINST IED ATTACKS – THE CHALLENGES
By Colonel H R Naidu Gade – Indian Army Veteran
ISLAMIC STATE IEDs IN THE KABARDINO-BALKARIA AREA OF RUSSIA
By Chief Superintendent (ret.) Michael Cardash, Terrogence Senior CIED Analyst / Author of Mobius reports
DRONES AS IEDs: THE OMNIPOTENT AERIAL THREAT
By Ashwani Gupta
THE PERFECT STORM: UNMANNED IED THREAT IN THE MARITIME ENVIRONMENT
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Chief of Attack the Networks Branch, C-IED Centre of Excellence
Counter-IED Report Winter 2019/20
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EDITION HIGHLIGHTS:
GLOBAL UNIFICATION OF EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL (EOD) TRAINING MODULES
SETTING UP THE UNITED NATIONS BASE STANDARD FOR ENHANCED TCCS (TROOPS AND POLICE CONTRIBUTORS) CAPACITY AND INTEROPERABILITY OF PEACEKEEPERS
By Eunseo Chung, former Intern with TMAT, United Nations Mine Action Service
STRENGTHENING DETECTION AND RESPONSE CAPABILITIES FOR HOMEMADE EXPLOSIVES
By Dr. Amanda Fond, Lead Scientist and Program Management Professional for Noblis and Jessica Beckerman, experienced System Engineering and Technical Assistance contractor for Noblis with a background supporting the Department of Defense (DOD) and DHS
COUNTERING EXPLOSIVE HAZARDS: LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT TOOLS
By Rafael Jiménez Sánchez, Senior EOD Advisor at aunav, by everis ADS
DOUBLE PBIED ATTACK THWARTED, THE PHILIPPINES
By Chief Superintendent (ret.) Michael Cardash, Terrogence Senior CIED Analyst / Author of Mobius reports
BRING THE HELL TO THEM: USE OF ARSON BY THREAT NETWORKS
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Chief of Attack the Networks Branch, C-IED Centre of Excellence
SMALL HAND-HELD INITIATION SYSTEMS (HZG)
By DynITEC GmbH
MEETING THE MOTHER OF ALL HOMEMADE WEAPONIZED DRONES IN LIBYA…
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Chief of Attack the Networks Branch, C-IED Centre of Excellence
A QUICK LOOK AT EXPLOSIVES SEARCH DOGS AND CROWD SEARCHING
By Jim Vernon (Snr) DESA Projects Manager/Lead IQA (Drugs & Explosives Search Association)
Counter-IED Report Autumn 2019
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CONNECTING THE DOTS
THE PACE OF IED CLEARANCE SEEN AS KEY FACTOR TO SAFE RETURN OF 1.67 MILLION DISPLACED IRAQIS
By Dr Mark Wilkinson Ph.D., UNMAS (Iraq) Explosive Hazard Management Team Leader
STRATEGIC ENGAGEMENTS, A FORMULA FOR SUCCESS
By Michael Solis, a former Deputy Director of the Africa C-IED Fusion Center at U.S. Africa Command, currently a Resident Program Manager in Kenya, working for the U.S. Department of State
“NATO WHITE-COATS”, DREAMS OF AN ALLIED-JOINT THEATRE EXPLOITATION CAPABILITY
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Chief of Attack the Networks Branch, C-IED Centre of Excellence
MEASURING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PERSON-BORNE IED CANINES
By Donald Roberts, Detection Canine Program Manager, DHS Science and Technology Directorate
DOGS-K9 STANDARDS & INTEGRATION WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF EXPLOSIVES SEARCH & TECHNOLOGIES
“WHERE WE WERE, WHERE WE ARE, WHERE WE WANT TO BE”
By Jim Vernon (Snr) DESA Projects Manager/Lead IQA (Drugs & Explosives Search Association)
SMART BFAS AND TIME CONTROLLED IGNITION
By DynITEC GmbH
PULWAMA IED ATTACK – A GAME CHANGER
By Colonel H R Naidu Gade – Indian Army Veteran
BACKUP RC SYSTEM SUICIDE BOMBER’S PBIED, SYRIA
By Chief Superintendent (ret.) Michael Cardash, Terrogence Senior CIED Analyst / Author of Mobius reports
C-IED IN NATO ARTICLE-5 OPERATIONS: OLD WINE IN A NEW BOTTLE?
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Chief of Attack the Networks Branch, C-IED Centre of Excellence
Counter-IED Report Spring/Summer 2019
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EXPLOSIVES MANAGEMENT AS A KEY PRIORITY UNDER THE NATO SCIENCE FOR PEACE AND SECURITY (SPS) PROGRAMME
By Dr Eyup Turmus, SPS Advisor and Programme Manager, Counter Terrorism Section Emerging Security Challenges Division, NATO HQ
COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM CAUGHT IN GEOPOLITICAL HURDLES
By Prashant Yajnik, Independent Consultant
THE RESILIENCE, SHAPING THE MILITARY CAMP AGAINST IED THREAT
By Dr Tibor Kovács (PhD and Habilitation), Honorary Professor of National University of Public Services, Hungary
and Colonel Attila Csurgó, Head of Knowledge Department, Centre of Excellence Defense Against Terrorism
LEARNING ABOUT LAND MINES AND OTHER ASSOCIATED OBSTACLES FROM THE COLD WAR
By Lieutenant Colonel MW Whitchurch MBE Royal Engineers
THE CASE FOR MILITARY SUPPORT TO IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE (IED) AND OTHER EXPLOSIVE REMNANTS OF WAR (ERW) CLEARANCE
By Rob Hyde-Bales, Consulting Editor, Counter-IED Report
HAND-HELD WIRED INITIATION SYSTEM M2167
By DynITEC GmbH
RADIOLOGICAL DISPERSAL DEVICES – POTENTIAL WEAPONS FOR URBAN TERRORISM
By Colonel HR Naidu Gade – Indian Army Veteran
RETURNING BACK TO THE ROOTS: XXI CENTURY’S PNEUMATIC IMPROVISED LAUNCHERS
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Chief of Attack the Networks Branch, C-IED Centre of Excellence
EDUCATION OF CHILDREN ON IED THREATS WITH THE USE OF COMPUTER GAMES
By Marek Kacprzak and Andrzej Kaczmarczyk, Institute of Mathematical Machines Scientific Foundation, Warsaw, Poland
“FLYING DATA”: TECHNICAL EXPLOITATION OF SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Chief of Attack the Networks Branch, C-IED Centre of Excellence
sUAS DRONE DROP SIGNATURE IDENTIFICATION: DJI PHANTOM 3 STANDARD
By Dr Stephen Pearson, Chief Executive Officer, High Tech Crime Institute and Total Forensic Solutions, Inc
Counter-IED Report Winter 2018/19
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CLASSIFICATION TECHNIQUES FOR LANDMINES AND IEDs
By Wouter van Verre, Liam A Marsh – MIEEE, Xianyang Gao, Anthony J. Peyton and David John Daniels FIEEE
EOD LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS INCHEBA EXPO CENTRE, BRATISLAVA, SLOVAK REPUBLIC
By NATO Explosive Ordnance Disposal Centre of Excellence
VIRTUAL REALITY, COMPUTER BASED TRAINING AND C-IED TRAINING
By Steve Johnson, Course Director MSc Forensic Explosive and Explosion Investigation, Cranfield University
DANGEROUS TOYS FOR ADULTS; USE OF THE DRIVERLESS VEHICLE BORNE IED (VBIED)
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Chief of Attack the Networks Branch, C-IED Centre of Excellence
FROM “EL-VIS” TO “AVENGER” HISTORY OF A SIGNIFICANT PART OF ROV DEVELOPMENT IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
By Lt Col Ray Lane (Ret)
LIGHTWEIGHT, RUGGED BI-DIRECTIONAL REMOTE FIRING DEVICE WITH A RUGGED REUSABLE RECEIVER
By DynITEC GmbH
HUMAN SUICIDE ATTACKS – A GROWING THREAT
By Colonel HR Naidu Gade – Indian Army Veteran
BOOBY-TRAPPED FLAG EXPLODES ON EOD PERSONNEL IN GAZA
By Chief Superintendent (ret.) Michael Cardash, Terrogence Senior CIED Analyst/Author of Mobius reports
EXPLORING THE EVOLUTION OF DOCUMENT & MEDIA EXPLOITATION (DOMEX)
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Chief of Attack the Networks Branch, C-IED Centre of Excellence
Counter-IED Report Autumn 2018
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THE IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE – A DEFINING COMPONENT OF 21st CENTURY CONFLICT
By Rob Hyde-Bales, Consulting Editor, Counter-IED Report
ENHANCING COUNTER-IED EFFORTS IN THE UNITED STATES
By Sean Haglund, Deputy Chief, Department of Homeland Security National Protection and Programs Directorate’s Office for Bombing Prevention
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS, BUILDING PARTNERSHIP CAPACITY, AND THE SECURITY SECTOR IN AFRICA
By Michael Solis, United States Africa Command, J34 C-IED Deputy Branch Chief
LET’S MAKE THE BALL TO BE IN OUR COURT, LET’S BRING NEW AIRS FOR “ATTACK THE NETWORKS”
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Chief of Attack the Networks Branch, C-IED Centre of Excellence
ADVANCES IN IR SPECTROSCOPY FOR TRACE EXPLOSIVES DETECTION
By Kristy DeWitt, IARPA Program Manager
LIGHTWEIGHT, RUGGED BIDIRECTIONAL REMOTE FIRING DEVICE WITH A RUGGED REUSABLE RECEIVER
By DynITEC GmbH
THE ASSESSMENT AND SELECTION OF BOMB DISPOSAL CANDIDATES: WHY PERSONALITY TRAITS MATTER
By Dr. Edwin A. Bundy, Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office
WHO PAID FOR THE BOMB? ANALYZING FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THREAT NETWORKS
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Chief of Attack the Networks Branch, C-IED Centre of Excellence
IEDs: ‘SAMJHAUTA EXPRESS BLASTS OF 2007 – AN INSIGHT’
By Colonel HR Naidu Gade – Indian Army Veteran
IMPROVISED CHEMICAL MUNITIONS IN SYRIA, JANUARY 2017–AUGUST 2018
By N.R. Jenzen-Jones & Galen Wright, Armament Research Services (ARES)
PALESTINIANS IN GAZA PRODUCE AND FLY VARIOUS AIRBORNE IIDs INTO ISRAEL
By Chief Superintendent (ret.) Michael Cardash, Terrogence Senior CIED Analyst/Author of Mobius reports
THE MOST DEADLY UN MISSION TO DATE…
By Marc Robert Essertaize CD1 MID, Petty Officer Second Class EOD/CIED/IEDD Operator/Instructor
Counter-IED Report Spring/Summer 2018
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MACHINE LEARNING FOR BETTER TRACE EXPLOSIVE DETECTION
By Kristy DeWitt, Program Manager, IARPA
ESCAPE FROM KABUL: TRENDS IN TECHNICAL EXPLOITATION
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Chief of Attack the Networks Branch,
C-IED Centre of Excellence
COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH IN ACTION – ROCSAFE
By Lt Col Ray Lane, School Commandant, Ordnance School, Clarke Bks, DFTC, Curragh Camp and Peter Daly, WP2 leader for the EU Project ROCSAFE, Director of the Irish Centre for Emergency Management.
SAFETY IN ANY SITUATION
ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF FIRST RESPONDERS
By Bryan Ray, Metrohm AG
IEDs: CHALLENGES FOR INDIAN POLICE FORCES
By Colonel HR Naidu Gade – Indian Army Veteran
SMALL LIGHTWEIGHT HAND-HELD INITIATION SYSTEM (HZG) ACCORDING TO MILITARY SPECIFICATIONS
By DynITEC GmbH
IMPROVISED, CRAFT-PRODUCED AND REPURPOSED
MUNITIONS DEPLOYED FROM UAVs IN RECENT YEARS
By Galen Wright and N.R. Jenzen-Jones, Armament Research Services (ARES)
“FLYING IEDs” OR THE CHALLENGE OF FACING IMPROVISED ROCKETS
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Chief of Attack the Networks Branch,
C-IED Centre of Excellence
Counter-IED Report Winter 2017/18
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EVALUATING A PARTNER NATION’S ABILITY TO ABSORB COUNTER – IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE MILITARY ASSISTANCE
By Russell McIntyre, former U.S. Department of Defense
CROSS-DOMAIN NETWORK ENGAGEMENT: GEOPOLITICAL COMPETITORS, CROSS-DOMAIN CONSIDERATIONS AND MULTI-DOMAIN BATTLE
By Victor R. Morris, a civilian contractor and instructor at the U.S. Army
Europe’s Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) in Germany
DEVELOPMENTS IN DETECTION TECHNOLOGY FOR MILITARY SEARCH
By Salam Mohammed, Swedish Armed Forces, Swedish EOD and Demining Centre-SWEDEC and
Arnold Schoolderman, TNO Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research
MILITARY UAS WITH IED FLAVOUR: COULD WE CALL THEM “SUICIDE DRONES”?
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Chief of Attack the Networks Branch,
C-IED Centre of Excellence
IEDs – PRIMARY TOOL FOR URBAN TERRORISM IN INDIA
By Colonel HR Naidu Gade – Indian Army Veteran
PRO-IS MILITANTS USING FAKE PBIEDs AND FAKE WEAPONS IN EUROPE AND THE US
By Chief Superintendent (ret.) Michael Cardash, Terrogence Senior CIED Analyst / Author of Mobius reports and Yair Kotzer, Terrogence Physical threats team
CBRN APPROACH TO TECHNICAL EXPLOITATION: CARPE DIEM
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Chief of Attack the Networks Branch,
C-IED Centre of Excellence
Counter-IED Report Autumn 2017
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INSTITUTIONALIZING C-IED TRAINING; CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS
By Michael Solis, United States Africa Command, J34 C-IED Deputy Branch Chief
ERW AND LANDMINE INFLUENCE: MATERIEL CONTAMINATION AND ECONOMIC MALADY
By Major Caleb A. Lewis, C-IED cell chief for Headquarters Joint Force Command Brunssum, Netherlands
HUMANITARIAN MINE ACTION AND IEDs
By Craig McInally, Operations Manager for Norwegian People’s Aid in Northern Iraq
and Hans Risser, Global Head of Operations for Norwegian People’s Aid in Oslo, Norway
“NON SIBI SED OMNIBUS”; A REFURBISHED TECHNICAL EXPLOITATION FOR A REDEFINED THREAT ENVIRONMENT
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Head of the Defeat the Device Branch, C-IED Centre of Excellence
TAKING AWAY TERRORIST ANONYMITY
By Asia Pacific Counter IED Fusion Center (APCFC)
THE USE OF IEDs IN A MARITIME ENVIRONMENT AND C-IED CAPABILITY
By Robert Shaw, Security and Intelligence consultant
Counter-IED Report Spring/Summer 2017
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MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO PEACE SUPPORT AND HUMANITARIAN RELIEF OPERATIONS
By Rob Hyde-Bales, Consulting Editor, Counter-IED Report
HUMANITARIAN MINE ACTION INVOLVEMENT IN IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE DISPOSAL
By Andy Grantham and Samuel Paunila, Advisors for Ammunition Operations at the GICHD
IMPROVISED AIR-DELIVERED MUNITIONS IN SYRIA & IRAQ: A BRIEF OVERVIEW
By Kenton Fulmer and N.R. Jenzen-Jones, Armament Research Services (ARES)
SCREENING ELECTRONIC ITEMS
By John Howell, Director of Explosives Technology at DSA Detection
THE BEAR AND THE BOMB: AN OVERVIEW ABOUT RUSSIAN COUNTER-IED MEANS
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Head of the Defeat the Device Branch, C-IED Centre of Excellence
IRISH DEFENCE FORCES – 7th COUNTER-IED INSTRUCTOR COURSE
By Lt Brian Clarke, BA, LLM. and 2/Lt John Nevin
ARE IEDs WITH TOXIC CHEMICALS REDEFINING METHODS OF CHEMICAL WARFARE?
By Prashant Yajnik, Integrated Chemicals and Compliance Management Consultant
Counter-IED Report Winter 2016/17
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CHANGES IN THE COUNTER–IED OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
By Russell McIntyre, former US Department of Defense
C-IED EDUCATION AND TRAINING – THE WAY FORWARD
By Torsten Gottlieb, Lieutenant Colonel DEU Army, Branch Chief Philippe Belda, Lieutenant Colonel FRA Army, Lessons Learned Section Chief Jose Lopez Navarro, Lieutenant Commander ESP Navy, Training Section Chief Dragos Gheorghe, Major ROU Army, R&D Analyst within LL section Niklas Tornesjo, Lieutenant Colonel SWE Army, Exercise Coordinator Training Section Levente TÁBI, Lieutenant Colonel, Hungarian Army / Engineer Corps
THE ISLAMIC STATE IN IRAQ AND SYRIA IED REVOLUTION
By Greg Robin – Sahan C-IED Expert, Camille Chautard – Sahan Analyst and Stephanie Braquehais, Editor
FAKE BOMB SEARCHERS: EXPLOSIVE DETECTION SCAM IS SCARING THE C-IED MARKET!
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Head of the Defeat the Device Branch, C-IED Centre of Excellence
DENSITY RANGES OF EXPLOSIVES FOR DEVELOPING X-RAY DETECTION WINDOWS
By John D. Howell, DSA Detection
IEDs: ATTACK THE NETWORKS – NEED FOR MULTI-AGENCY COORDINATED EFFORT
By Colonel H R Naidu Gade (Retd.)
WEAPONS EXPLOITATION AND POST BLAST SCENE INVESTIGATION TRAINING
By Robert Shaw, Security and Intelligence consultant
Counter-IED Report Autumn 2016
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“LAST CALL, CLOSING GATES… TO TERRORISM”; SOMETHING BETWEEN REALITIES AND DREAMS ABOUT SAFE AIRPORTS
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Head of the Defeat the Device Branch, C-IED Centre of Excellence
ADVANCES IN LASER EXPLOSIVES DETECTION TECHNOLOGIES
By Thermo Fisher Scientific – Portable Analytical Instruments
FEMALE ROLES RELATED TO IEDs
By Zsuzsanna Balogh, PhD, project manager, NATO HQ SACT
IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES (IEDs): A HUMANITARIAN MINE ACTION PERSPECTIVE
By Dr Robert Keeley, Chief Technical Advisor, Danish Demining Group (DDG)
EFFECTIVE POST-CONFLICT COUNTER-IED AND EOD TRAINING, SKILLS AND CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR EOD FORCES
By Rear Adm. Brian Brakke, Commander, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command/NECC Pacific
THE IMPACT OF REGIONAL AND NATIONAL REGULATIONS ON ISLAMIC STATE BOMB-MAKING CAPABILITIES IN IRAQ
By Damien Spleeters, field investigator for Conflict Armament Research
ISLAMIC STATE CONCEALING LOOSE POWDER EXPLOSIVES IN VBIEDs
By Michael Cardash, Chief Superintendent (Ret.)
IEDs – MAOIST INGENUITY CHALLENGE FOR INDIAN POLICE FORCES
By Colonel H R Naidu Gade (Retd.)
EXERCISE BISON COUNTER 16
By Major Jonas Frohlund, Chief of the Training and Exercise Section, Göta Engineer Regiment in Sweden
Counter-IED Report Spring/Summer 2016
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THE WICKED PROBLEM OF LANDMINES
By Maxine Vining and Benedict Wilkinson, The Policy Institute at King’s College London
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION – PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICAL APPROACHES
By Pavel Manas, Head of the Department of Engineering Technology, University of Defence – Czech Republic and Zsuzsanna Balogh, Project Manager, NATO HQ SACT
STOPPING THE TERROR: BRUSSELS SOUTH CHARLEROI AIRPORT
By Laurent Colson, Marketing & Communication Manager, Teledyne ICM
“CAR BOMB” NEW WAVE: A TACTICAL USE OF VEHICLE BORNE IEDs FOR A 21ST CENTURY
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Allied Headquarters Joint Force Command Brunssum
YOU KNOW IT’S ALL ABOUT THE BOMB, BOUT THE BOMB
By Steve Johnson, Lecturer Intelligence and Forensic Exploitation at Cranfield University
COUNTER–IED COLLECTION AND EXPLOITATION: A CAPABILITY IN NEED OF A SYSTEM OF SYSTEMS APPROACH
By Russell McIntyre, former US Department of Defense
JOINT DEPLOYABLE EXPLOITATION AND ANALYSIS LABORATORY, READY TO DEPLOY
By Paco Cifuentes, Project Officer Countering Improvised Explosive Devices, European Defence Agency
NATO INVESTIGATORS’ BOOTS ON THE GROUND: STANDARDIZING THEATRE EXPLOITATION
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Allied Headquarters Joint Force Command Brunssum
FIELD DETECTION OF HME USED IN IEDs: FACTORS AFFECTING THE PRODUCT CHOICE
By Dr. A. Roxana Nicolaescu, Senior R&D Scientist, Serim Research Corporation
TRACING IMPROVISED WEAPON COMPONENTS: FIELD PERSPECTIVE
By Damien Spleeters, Field Investigator, Conflict Armament Research (CAR)
CIVIL-MILITARY COOPERATION AGAINST ISIL: IEDs AS A CHALLENGE
By Philip Chr. Ulrich, American foreign and defense policy analyst
MARITIME C-IED
By Richard Battrick MSc MPA CEng FIExpE, Battrick Consultancy Limited
ACTION ON EXPLOSIVE WEAPONS UNDER BIG BEN!
By Nigel Ellway, Head of Secretariat for the APPG on Explosive Weapons
Counter-IED Report Winter 2015/16
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COLLAPSING ADVERSARIAL NETWORKS
By Chris McNicol PSM, adjunct associate professor, University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia
THE RISING IED THREAT TO UN PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
By Robert Shaw, C-IED Advisor, Department of Peacekeeping Operations, UNMAS
COUNTERING THREAT ANONYMITY: BIOMETRICS IN SUPPORT OF MILITARY OPERATIONS
By Major Jeroen van Kleef, senior staff officer Biometrics, Defence Expertise Centre C-IED, Land Warfare Centre, NLD Ministry of Defence
ENHANCING INTERGOVERNMENTAL COUNTER-TERRORISM AND IDENTITY DISCOVERY CAPABILITIES THROUGH IDENTITY AND BIOMETRIC ENABLED INTELLIGENCE (BEI)
By Victor R. Morris, civilian contractor and instructor at the U.S. Army Europe’s Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) in Germany
EOD AND BLACK BOX THINKING
By Roger Davies MBE QGM, former commander of the Northern Ireland Bomb Disposal Unit
S-402: GAINING TIME AND IMPROVED SAFETY FOR THE EOD OPERATOR
By Lieutenant Colonel (Special Services for Defense Industry) Juan Rosillo Parra, EXPAL SYSTEMS SA
RFT-2 PROLIFERATION
By MAJ Philip D. Cordaro, Neutralization Section Chief, NATO C-IED Center of Excellence in Madrid
TERRIFIED BEFORE TERROR TO COME: REFLECTIONS ABOUT THE WESTERN APPROACH TO IED RISK/EVENT MANAGEMENT
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas,Allied Headquarters Joint Force Command Brunssum
RECALLING 1993 MUMBAI SERIAL BOMB BLASTS
By Colonel H R Naidu Gade (Retd.)
AMMUNITION SAFETY MANAGEMENT
PREVENTING LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY, AND DIVERSION FROM STOCKPILES
By Samuel Paunila, Advisor for Ammunition Operations, GICHD and Andrew Hoole, Ammunition Safety Management consultant, GICHD
Counter-IED Report Autumn 2015
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A GLOBAL RESPONSE TO THE IED THREAT
By Robert Shaw, C-IED Advisor, Department of Peacekeeping Operations, UNMAS
REFLECTIONS ON MINE WARFARE FROM A SOLDIER
By Lt Col Matthew Whitchurch
THE CHALLENGE OF PRESSURE PLATE IEDs (PPIEDs) AND ERW CONTAMINATION IN AFGHANISTAN
By Abdul Qudos Ziaee, operations R&D manager for Mine Action Coordination Center of Afghanistan (MACCA)
COUNTERING THE IED THREAT WITH ADVANCED GROUND PENETRATING RADAR TECHNOLOGIES
By Juan Hernandez, Vice President of Business Development, Chemring Sensors and Electronic Systems
A MATTER PROMPTED BY PRINTED MATTER: THREAT NETWORKS & DIGITAL MAGAZINES
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Allied Headquarters Joint Force Command Brunssum
C-IED: THE NEXT DECADE
By Capt Alan Kearney, Ordnance Corps technician, the Irish Defence Forces
THE IED AS A HOMELAND SECURITY RISK FACTOR
By Ltc. Zsuzsanna Balogh, PhD., NATO HQ SACT
EXPANDING THE COUNTER-IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE (C-IED) NETWORK ENGAGEMENT LINE OF OPERATION:
COMPREHENSIVE NETWORK ENGAGEMENT (CNE) UKRAINE
By Victor R. Morris, a civilian contractor and instructor at the U.S. Army Europe’s Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) in Germany
PREPARED FOR THE NEXT MISSION ABROAD? – BLÜCHER’S FRAGMENT PROTECTIVE CLOTHING (FPC) SYSTEM CLOSES THE GAP IN CURRENT PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE)
By Katrin S. Freier, Product & Sales Manager, Material Science Body Amour
IEDs: INDIAN PEACE KEEPING FORCE EXPERIENCES IN SRI LANKA
By Colonel H R Naidu Gade (Retd.)
INCREASING THREAT OF IEDs: PROGRAMME GLOBAL SHIELD TAKES ADDITIONAL STEPS TO ENSURE SECURITY OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN
By Jeffrey T Wickett, Programme Manager for Programme Global Shield, World Customs Organization (WCO)
GERMAN COUNTER-IED BOOKLET SERIES
By LtCol Rainer Jung, C-IED Centre Bundeswehr Joint Forces Operations (BwJFOCOM)
Counter-IED Report, Spring 2015
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HUMANITARIAN MINE ACTION IN AFGHANISTAN AFTER ISAF
By Rob Hyde-Bales, Consulting Editor, Counter-IED Report
IEDs: WHAT FURTHER ACTION FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY?
By Capt. (N) Erwan Roche, coordinator of the CCW APII group of experts, and Ms Anne Morel, chargée de mission
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND INTELLIGENCE WORKING TOGETHER:
ORGANISATIONAL CULTURES, COMMUNICATION AND COUNTERING THREAT NETWORKS
By Christine R. Gardner, PhD, CHS-III, IAC-III
AUGMENTED REALITY IN SUPPORT OF DISMOUNTED OPERATIONS
By Angelo Messina – Italy Ministry of Defence and Cristian Coman, Franco Fiore, and Pascal van Paridon – NATO Communication and Information Agency, Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Service Line
ASELSAN’s INNOVATIVE C-IED SOLUTIONS
By Erdem Coşkun, Project Manager at ASELSAN Inc.
EXPLOSIVE RISK MANAGEMENT
By Lieutenant Colonel Florin Obreja, Military Engineering Centre of Excellence (MILENG)
UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1540
NON-PROLIFERATION RISKS – GOVERNANCE AND COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT IN INDIAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
By Prashant Yajnik, Independent Professional, Integrated Chemicals and Compliance Management
THE CIED CAMPAIGN AFTER ISAF: A NATO PERSPECTIVE
By Dr. Jamie Shea, Deputy Assistant Secretary General, Emerging Security Challenges Division, NATO HQ, Brussels
EOD FUTURE IN THE LIGHT OF THE NATO EOD DEMONSTRATIONS AND TRIALS 2014
By Colonel Lubomír Mrván, Director, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Centre of Excellence, Slovakia
REMOTELY PILOTED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS (RPAS) USED BY CIVIL EMERGENCY SERVICES AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON RESILIENCEBy Samuel Paunila, an advisor for ammunition technical operations at the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining
MANUAL NEUTRALISATION TRAINING: PREPARING FOR THE WORST
By Francisco Cifuentes, Project Officer for C-IED at EDA
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE EFFECTS OF EXPLOSIONS AND BLAST INJURIES
By José Ignacio Yenes Gallego, Maj – OF3 ESP (A), R & D Analyst, Defeat The Device Branch, C-IED Centre of Excellence and Joaquín Martínez Valero, Maj – OF3 ESP (A), IED Effects Mitigation Analyst, Defeat The Device Branch, C-IED Centre of Excellence
By two anonymous operational IEDD operators, Defence Forces, Ireland
By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M. Rufas, Allied Headquarters Joint Force Command Brunssum
