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Almost UAH 1 trillion will be required to clear lands contaminated with explosive devices in Ukraine, MP Nina Yuzhanina reported on Telegram. ” According to the Ministry of Economy, 30 auctions have been held since the beginning of 2025 to Read More …
The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine has reported that the scale of humanitarian mine clearance in Ukraine has increased by almost 50% over the past year. A total of 108 mine action operators have been certified, working to clear areas Read More …
Two divers who dealt with a huge World War Two bomb unearthed in a Plymouth garden have been honoured with bravery awards by King Charles III. Petty Officer (PO) Craig Maddock and PO Paul Cartwright from Plymouth-based Bravo Diving Unit Read More …
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Cmdr. Bruce Batteson, from East Granby, CT, assumed command of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit SIX (EODMU 6) during a change of command ceremony at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, June 12, 2025. Batteson relieved Read More …
In a significant recognition of innovation within defense, Major Rajprasad RS of the Indian Army’s Corps of Engineers has been bestowed with the ‘NSG Counter IED Innovator Award’. Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan presented the award during the National Security Read More …
Residents have been allowed to return to their homes after explosives experts had to deal with a device at a property in a Carmarthenshire town. Explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) experts were called to an address on New Dock Road, Llanelli, Read More …
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia – U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technicians from EOD Mobile Unit SIX and Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) Fleet Diving Unit (Atlantic) clearance divers conducted a weeklong bilateral training exercise in Halifax, June 2–6, focused on advancing Read More …
A team from the National Unexploded Ordnance (NUXO) Coordinating Office has successfully conducted a week-long evaluation and inspection tour across Western and Choiseul Provinces. According to Mr. Benzily Kasutaba, Director of the UXO Division under the Ministry of Police, National Read More …
Multiple sticks of dynamite were found in a Calgary residence on Saturday. The Calgary Police Service (CPS) responded to a call at 12:10 p.m. in the 1000 block of Woodview Crescent S.W. in the city’s Woodlands neighbourhood, after a resident, Read More …
Within the framework of the Ayacucho Plus Campaign Plan conducted by the Omega Task Force of Colombian National Army, four improvised explosive devices were destroyed in two military operations. In the first operation, in the Peñas Coloradas village of Cartagena Read More …
The bomb squad has carried out a controlled explosion after a ‘potentially harmful chemical’ was discovered at a high school yesterday (Tuesday). Pupils were evacuated from Denbigh High School on the advice of experts. Police have confirmed a “successful controlled Read More …
During exploratory work on Monday, June 2, 2025, three unexploded bombs from the Second World War were found in Cologne-Deutz in the area of the Deutzer shipyard. These are two American 20-hundredweight bombs and one American ten-hundredweight bomb, each with Read More …
Rangers with the National Park Service (NPS) responded to a section of the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville, North Carolina, on Sunday after receiving reports of a suspicious item in the dirt. Officials with the NPS said the device was Read More …
Throughout May 2025, mine clearance units of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine cleared 7,847 hectares of land of explosive ordnance in areas previously liberated from russian occupation. Specifically, during the month, the following was cleared: 7,660.21 hectares of agricultural Read More …
HM Coastguard Borth reported on Friday, May 30, that it had been called out to Ynyslas beach on Thursday evening, following reports of possible ordnance found on the beach, north of Aberystwyth. Due to the tide coming in, the object Read More …
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Ukraine has handed over 16 hi-tech uncrewed underwater systems (UUS) to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SESU) and conducted an 8-day training course for SESU specialists on their use. This support was Read More …
On May 29, at approximately 10:10 AM, an Azerbaijani Army serviceman was injured while conducting mine clearance operations in the Kalbajar region. Engineer-sapper units were carrying out demining work near the Istisu settlement when an anti-personnel mine, planted by Armenian Read More …
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, Ph.D., NPM., today, May 27th 2025, commissioned 50 state-of-the-art operational vehicles for the Explosive Ordnance Disposal – Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (EOD-CBRN) Unit of the Nigeria Police Force, a feat which Read More …
The Military Command of the northern province of Hoa Binh, on May 27, safely removed and detonated 244 unexploded bombs, mines, and other ordnance left over from wartime. The explosive devices were discovered and retrieved from the Da riverbed by Read More …
The international community has established a number of funds and initiatives for the procurement of materiel and equipment to strengthen Ukraine’s defence capability. Sweden provides support to several of them. On 22 May, the Government instructed the Swedish Armed Forces Read More …