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Over the past three months, Lao and Russian military bomb disposal experts have removed 285 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO) from a planned total area of 187,180 square metres in Viengxay district, Huaphan province. So far, 157,887 square metres of Read More …
A locally made improvised explosive device (IED) was recovered from near a mosque on the premises of Ghoriwala Police Station here on Saturday. The timely intervention by the Bomb Disposal Unit averted a potential catastrophe. Police sources said that the Read More …
On February 14, a terrorist attack in Mykolaiv claimed the lives of three service members from the Mine Action Center — Vadym Yelisieiev, Olena Kliuchnikova, and Yevhenii Siryk. The Mine Action Center announced their deaths in a Facebook post. According Read More …
Smardan, Romania- At NATO’s Steadfast Dart exercise, the precision and skill of Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) teams are critical to ensuring safety and operational success. Lieutenant Zach from the 17th Field Squadron of the 35 Engineer Regiment of the British Read More …
The anarchist Salvatore Vespertino, a fugitive since July 2023 who had been missing since February of the same year, was captured tonight in the Spanish city of Vallecas (Madrid). The anarchist, arrested today by the Spanish National Police, was sentenced Read More …
An expert team of the Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) has found and safely removed a war-left U.S.-made MK-82 aerial bomb in southern Kandal province, a mine clearance chief said on Thursday. The CMAC’s Director-General Heng Ratana said the bomb Read More …
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) Explosive Ordnance Disposal Department (EODD) team has successfully concluded a significant operation on Shortland Islands in the Western Province (WP) recently. Supervising Director of the EODD, Senior Sergeant Peter Ririvere, said the team Read More …
LITTLE FALLS, Minn. – U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group (EODGRU) 2, conducted Snow Crab Exercise 2025 at Camp Ripley in Little Falls, Minnesota, Jan. 27-Feb. 7. SNOWCRABEX, controlled this year by Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2, is a Read More …
On Monday, February 10, 2025, at about 12:23 p.m., patrol officers responded to the area of Honoapiilani Highway near mile marker 16 in Lahaina regarding a fire-related type case. Upon arrival, officers observed a metallic object emitting smoke on the Read More …
A ‘controlled explosion’ was carried out after Second World War ammunition was discovered in a garden of a house in a village near Stroud. Gloucestershire Police said they were alerted to the incident this afternoon (Feb 9) following its discovery Read More …
The GBI’s Bomb Disposal Unit safely contained an improvised explosive device that was found during a traffic stop in Stephens County late Friday night. The Stephens County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook Post deputies discovered the device while conducting Read More …
The Cambodian government, through the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA), has clarified that the Kingdom does not receive direct funding from USAID. Instead, it receives funding from the Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement of the US Read More …
A suspected explosive device was accidentally taken inside Hamilton’s central police station after armed officers arrested a man found with two firearms and ammunition. It led to police calling for military explosives experts based with the elite NZ Special Air Read More …
A bomb attack occurred at the entrance of a village security post in Nong Chik district, Pattani province, injuring four police officers. The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team is currently investigating the incident, which took place at 8am today, February Read More …
Col. Michael Power, 377th Air Base Wing and installation commander, attends a safety briefing with the 377 ABW Explosive Ordinance Disposal team at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., Feb. 6. Power visited the EOD team to witness their warfighting capability, Read More …
A mobile training team (Mobile Training Team/MTT), made up of five military trainers from the Engineer Battalion of the Spanish Army’s XVI ‘Canarias’ Brigade, is giving a course on Countering Improvised Explosive Devices (C-IEDs) in Porto Novo, the capital of Read More …
A concerned citizen called emergency responders after discovering a hand grenade while cleaning a storage building on February 4, 2025, according to the Shreveport Fire Department (SFD). Technicians from the SFD Bomb Squad analyzed the device and determined it was Read More …
The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Iraq welcomes an additional funding from the Government of Italy, which will contribute to support the Government of Iraq (GoI) to protect civilians from the threat of explosive ordnance (EO) and will Read More …
Heng Ratana, Director General of the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC), met with a Nigerian deminers to discuss work related to demining in Nigeria at CMAC’s office on Monday. During Monday’s visit to the CMAC, the Nigerian reprsentatives wanted to Read More …
It was a close call in Holt Saturday. The bomb squad from the Florida Bureau of Fire, Arson, and Explosives was called in to remove what was believed to be an unused explosive target. It was found on Poplar Head Church Read More …