Ukraine: Pyrotechnics of the State Emergency Service continue demining of the territory of Sumy region

On April 11, employees of the pyrotechnic unit of the Interregional Rapid Response Center of the SES (Romny) carried out work on the disposal of 61 explosive objects, including shrapnel combat elements from SMERCH multiple launch rocket systems, the combat Read More …

Cambodia: Over 1,500 CMAC specialists absorbed into Armed Forces wing

There are 1,504 trained deminers in the framework of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) and plans are underway to add another 100 more next year, said Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) director-general Heng Ratana. In thanking the government and Read More …

North Carolina: Device found uptown ‘intentionally designed’ to look like explosive

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said they are investigating after a device that was “intentionally designed” to look like an explosive was found in uptown Charlotte Sunday. Investigators said they rendered it safe. CMPD said it received a call about a suspicious package Read More …

Ukraine: Clearing The Lethal Litter Of War

The Ukrainian men (and one dog) risking their lives to remove explosives from the battlefield as the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters a new phase. Piles of unexploded ordnance, including 120-millimeter mortar shells, and the frame of a cluster bomb Read More …

MRAPs with lasers and robotic arms will help the Air Force handle bombs on the flight line

An unexploded bomb is a terrible threat, and the Air Force is investing in armored vehicles with powerful lasers and robot arms to safely clear them off runways. In February, the service branch announced that in the fall of 2022 Read More …

Bombs dropped on Ukraine today pose danger to future generations

On March 22, a construction crew in Germany found an unexploded bomb in Essen, Germany, decades after it had been dropped during World War II. The area was evacuated, including part of a nearby hospital and a home for seniors. Read More …

U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal Soldiers train with FBI SWAT team snipers

FORT SILL, Oklahoma – U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal Soldiers trained for long-range explosive clearance missions with snipers from an FBI SWAT team. FBI snipers from the FBI Office in Stillwater, Oklahoma, helped Soldiers from the 761st Ordnance Company (EOD) Read More …

Ukraine: Demining work continues in Chernihiv region, roads are dangerous

In Chernihiv region, work to clear roads is underway, local residents should refrain from traveling around the region, head of Chernihiv regional military administration Viacheslav Chaus reported. “We have a lot of work and a lot of mined roads, a Read More …

India: Crude bombs recovered & diffused by CID bomb squad in Birbhum, West Bengal

In the latest raid, the West Bengal Police Sunday recovered crude bombs in a pit in the Bogtui village, Rampurhat of Birbhum district, news agency ANI reported. Reportedly, bombs were recovered and diffused by the CID West Bengal Bomb Squad Read More …

Philippines: PH, US armies train on CBRN, counter-IED operations

The Philippine Army (PA) and the United States Army Pacific (USARPAC) have enhanced their capabilities in responding to chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) threats and improvised explosive devices (IED) during the ongoing Balikatan Exercises held in Fort Magsaysay, Nueva Read More …

Nigeria: Kaduna Police diffuse IED in Rigasa

The Kaduna Police Command said it on Thursday diffused an improvised Explosives’ Device in , Igabi Local Government Area of the Kaduna Metropolis. The police spokesperson Muhammed Jalige said the IED was planted in the area by yet to be Read More …

US supports Bangladesh military exercise

Service members of the US Military partnered with their Bangladeshi counterparts to participate in the Tiger Lightning 2022 (TL22) training exercise from March 19-31 at Bangladesh Institute of Peace Support Operations Training (BIPSOT). Members of the 5th Security Force Assistance Read More …

Ukraine: National Police and State Emergency Service seized and destroyed about 10,000 items of unexploded ordnance In Kyiv and Kyiv region

The Head of the National Police of Ukraine Ihor Klymenko said that emergency teams have been neutralising various types of unexploded ordnance every day. According to Klymenko “Only on the territory of Kyiv and Kyiv region, specialists of the National Read More …

UK: Bomb disposal teams destroy 60 home-made WW2 grenades in Quinton, Northamptonshire

Bomb disposal experts have carried out a controlled explosion in a village where dozens of World War Two grenades were discovered in a garden by builders. ITV News Anglia was on the scene as the explosion rocked the quiet village Read More …

U.S. Army civilian recognized for keeping 20th CBRNE Command units mission ready

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Maryland – A U.S. Army civilian was recognized for helping to keep the U.S. Department of Defense’s premier all hazards formation mission ready. William C. Hart was named the 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives (CBRNE) Command’s Read More …

Kenya: The Annual Africa C-IED Steering Committee conference is underway at the Humanitarian Peace Support School (HPSS) in Nairobi

The Annual Africa C-IED Steering Committee conference is currently underway at the Humanitarian Peace Support School (HPSS) in Nairobi, Kenya. The 3 day conference has been sponsored by the UK and US, and has participants attending from over 21 mainly Read More …

India: CISF conducts mock drill to counter terrorist acts

A multi-agency counter-terrorist mock drill was conducted by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) at Dilli Haat INA metro station on Sunday to check the preparedness and response of various agencies. Under the mock drill a situation of IED (improvised Read More …