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Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that New York State recently hosted the 2024 “Raven’s Challenge,” the world’s largest annual training exercise for public safety bomb squads and military explosive ordnance disposal teams at the State Preparedness Training Center (SPTC) in Read More …
Troops of Sector II Joint Task Force in the North-East Operation “Hadin Kai” on Friday, defused an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted at the Buni Yadi Cattle Market in Yobe. Capt. Mohammed Shehu, Spokesperson of the sector, told the News Read More …
China will offer mine clearance training courses for military personnel from Cambodia and Laos from July to September, a Chinese military spokesperson announced Thursday. Zhang Xiaogang, a spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense, said the courses will be conducted Read More …
This is the moment an unexploded bomb was detonated on an Anglesey beach. The bomb squad was called to Ynys y Fydlyn, in the north of the island and the beach was cordoned off while it was exploded. Coastguard teams Read More …
More than 24,000 unexploded ordnance (UXOs) items of all kinds have been recovered from the Kingdom’s rivers and waterways in the past year and four months. The operations are part of a campaign to clear explosive remnants of war (ERWs) Read More …
Bomb disposal experts of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine have seized and destroyed a FAB-500 aerial bomb in the village of Malynivka in Pokrovsk district, Donetsk Oblast. It is noted that the bomb was found during an examination of Read More …
An unexploded wartime bomb was detonated by experts at Powfoot beach. The World War II mortar had been discovered by a man with a metal detector who alerted the emergency services. And on Friday morning the Explosives Ordnance Disposal team Read More …
A ‘key point’ has been reached in the construction of a £6m extension at Nuneaton’s army barracks. The works will pave the way for Gamecock Barracks to play home to an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Troop. It is relocating from Read More …
The IED was discovered by residents around Mala Kachalla General Hospital at the federal low-cost along Baga Road around midnight. According to an eyewitness, the IED did not explode as it was discovered on time. The police anti-bomb squad was Read More …
Roughly a dozen Canadian Armed Forces members are diving into the waters off Metchosin, learning how to safely dispose of underwater explosives. The trainees at CFB Esquimalt are with Fleet Diving Unit Pacific, which eliminates underwater hazards, such as sea Read More …
U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technicians integrate with partners from Korea, Mexico, Peru and the Netherlands during fast rope insertion and rappel interoperability training from a U.S. Army UH-60M Blackhawk helicopter assigned to Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 25th Combat Read More …
U.S. Navy Sea, Air, and Land (SEAL) Operators, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technicians (Tech), and members of the Vietnamese Armed Forces conducted a Subject Matter Expert Exchange (SMEE) on EOD capabilities and standard operating procedures (SOP), advancing military-to-military cooperation between Read More …
The Arizona Department of Public Safety is out patrolling the roads every day. Still, DPS has a lot of different departments, like its bomb squad which responds to threats with the FBI and local police departments. They are constantly using Read More …
Police in Antwerp intercepted a vehicle on Saturday evening following several reports of an explosion; no injuries were reported. “Numerous reports of an explosion were received just before 20:00,” said a spokesperson. It’s suspected that someone detonated something near a Read More …
Explosive devices were found inside the car of the gunman who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump during his Saturday rally in Pennsylvania, according to a report. The car, driven by 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, was found not far Read More …
The combat engineering department of the College of Military Engineering (CME) of the Army has conducted a special training session for a batch of Maharashtra Intelligence Academy (MIA) on vital aspects of bomb disposal, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and jamming technology. Read More …
San Jose police arrested a 56-year-old man they believe plated a viable improvised explosive device near businesses last week, forcing evacuations and the bomb squad to dispose of the device. It happened near Ridder Park Drive and Fox Lane last Read More …
Guernsey Police is warning residents that bomb disposal training is due to take place later. A spokesperson said the training was due to be carried out at Fort Le Marchant between 11:00 and 14:00 BST. They warned there would be Read More …
An IDF operation with the Border Police thwarted dozens of IEDs buried in main roads of the Tulkarm neighborhood of Nur a-Shams, according to the army spokesperson’s unit on Tuesday. Using Shin Bet security agency and army intelligence, the operation Read More …
The United Nations in Ukraine, in coordination with the government, has established a flexible Ukraine Community Recovery Fund (UCRF), which has already attracted $7.25 million for mine action. It is specified that the UCRF, established in November 2023, is expected Read More …