Nigeria: Troops intercept ammunition, explosives in Kaduna, neutralise IEDs in Imo

Nigerian security forces have recorded significant gains in ongoing counter-threat operations, intercepting a cache of ammunition and explosive materials in Kaduna State while also discovering and neutralising improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Imo State. In Kaduna, troops deployed along the Read More …

California: US Marine detained after explosive round discovered in luggage at Palm Springs Airport

A 30-year-old U.S. Marine could face charges after authorities accused him of having a live 25mm explosive round in his checked luggage Monday afternoon at Palm Springs International Airport in California. Palm Springs police told ABC News that servicemember — Read More …

Nigeria: Troops neutralise 80 Boko Haram/ISWAP fighters in Borno’s Mallam Fatori

Troops of the Joint Task Force (North East) under Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) have confirmed the killing of 80 Boko Haram/ISWAP fighters during a failed coordinated assault on Mallam Fatori in Abadam Local Government Area, Borno State. Abadam, located along Read More …

Israel: Police seize guns, explosive device at Bedouin school amid Negev crackdown on illegal weapons

Two handguns, an explosive device, ammunition, and magazines were seized from a school compound in the Bedouin town of Lakiya in southern Israel during a planned enforcement operation, Israel Police confirmed on Thursday. The items were transferred for forensic processing, Read More …

EU unveils €90 billion defence-focused loan to Ukraine

The European Commission formally presented a €90 billion loan package to Ukraine on Wednesday, as Brussels races to support Kyiv’s war effort amid increasingly fierce Russian attacks and US-led efforts to end the war. Two-thirds of the package will be Read More …

Syria: Britain and France conducted a joint air operation to destroy suspected Islamic State underground arms site

Britain’s and France’s air forces conducted a joint operation on Saturday evening to bomb a suspected underground arms cache previously used by the Islamic State group in Syria, Britain’s defence ministry said. Western aircraft have been conducting patrols to stop Read More …

South Africa: Live ammunition and explosives found in Benoni Wendy house

A tip-off led the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) and the South African Police Service (Saps) to uncover live ammunition and explosives in a Benoni guest house Wendy house. The EMPD Community Liaison Unit (CLU) officers and the K9 Unit Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: Army recovers ammunition, IED in Poonch

Poonch/Jammu: The Army on Thursday recovered a consignment suspected to have been dropped by a drone along the India-Pakistan border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, recovering 70 rounds of ammunition and a suspected improvised explosive devic… According to them, Read More …

UK launches next phase of new munitions and energetics factories

Multiple sites across the UK for new factories to make munitions and military explosives to boost the UK’s warfighting readiness have been identified as the government moves to the next phase of building the factories of the future. In a Read More …

Ukraine: Explosion at Ukrposhta sorting center in Kyiv, police detain suspect

Police have detained a man involved in the explosion at one of the sorting centers of Ukrposhta, Ukraine`s National Post, in the Solomianskyi district on October 30. The suspect is a 40-year-old resident of Ternopil who attempted to send ammunition Read More …

Tennessee: Chemical Safety Board to investigate deadly explosion at munitions facility

The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board will investigate the explosion at Accurate Energetic Systems near Bucksnort that killed 16 people. “This is one of the deadliest industrial incidents in our country in years,” said Steve Owens, the chairperson Read More …

California: Shrapnel hit 2 CHP vehicles during Marine Corps demonstration at Camp Pendleton

Metal shrapnel from an explosive ordnance fired during the U.S. Marine Corps’ 250th anniversary celebration at Camp Pendleton on Saturday hit two California Highway Patrol vehicles, the agency published in an internal report. The celebration, which included a military exercise Read More …

Russia: Powerful Explosion Rocks Chemical Plant That Manufactures Explosives

A powerful explosion occurred on October 17 at the Avangard chemical plant in the city of Sterlitamak, Republic of Bashkortostan. According to the company’s general director Dmitry Loginov, the incident took place in the plant’s nitro unit. The facility is Read More …

EU Assistance to Ukraine

Over $70 billion in military assistance – ranging from ammunition to air-defense systems, Leopard tanks, and fighter jets. This includes an unprecedented $6.6 billion from the “European Peace Facility,” in addition to bilateral contributions by our Member States. On top Read More …

Tennessee: 19 people dead or missing after massive blast at military explosive plant

Nineteen people are dead or missing after a massive blast obliterated a building at a Tennessee explosives facility on Friday, authorities said — a “mass detonation” so significant that it rattled homes miles away. The early-morning explosion at Accurate Energetic Read More …

DR Congo: UNMAS, KOICA and CCLMA conclude major demining project

The project “Sustainable Mine Action in Support of Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons and Communities Affected by Conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo, funded by KOICA for $6 million USD, and implemented by the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) Read More …

Kenya: KDF thwarted al Shabaab attack on security installation in Lamu county

Five al Shabaab terrorists killed on Tuesday in an ambush in Lacta Mangai within the expansive Boni Forest, Lamu County, were planning to overrun a security installation, officials said. The operation also resulted in the recovery of significant al Shabaab Read More …

UNODC: Organized crime dynamics in the context of war in Ukraine

Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation in February 2022, the political economy of Ukraine has been profoundly transformed. The aggression affected both licit and illicit trade routes, disrupted criminal organizations, and spawned new forms of informal Read More …

Kentucky: Blue Grass Army Depot chemical weapons plant to be demolished next summer

A safer era for Madison County and the region is just three months away, according to the governor’s top man for overseeing the destruction of chemical weapons previously stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot. Craig Williams, a Berea resident Read More …

Sudanese airstrike hits Darfur airport, killing 40 suspected mercenaries

A Sudanese airstrike hit an airport in the country’s Darfur region controlled by a notorious paramilitary group, destroying a suspected Emirati military aircraft and killing dozens of suspected mercenaries, Sudanese officials and a rebel adviser said Thursday. Wednesday’s strike on Read More …