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The Department of Defence via the Australian Army and the Defence Innovation Hub (‘Defence’) are seeking innovation proposals that will assist Defence in exploring next-generation Personal Electronic Countermeasures (Personal ECM) systems. Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) are homemade bombs that are Read More …
Cartagena, Spain – Expeditionary Exploitation Unit One (EXU-1) is renowned in U.S. military circles as being the preeminent authority for investigating and recovering post-blast forensics. U.S. allies now recognize this reputation as well, following their July NATO visit in Cartagena, Read More …
Troops of Sector 2, Joint Task Force, Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have nabbed a man supplying bomb-making materials to Boko Haram members in Geidam Local Council of Yobe State. The suspect, Yusuf Saleh, was arrested at Bayamari along the Geidam/Gashua Read More …
A suspected country-made bomb was found in West Bengal on Sunday (August 15, 2021). The authorities revealed that the bomb was found at the entry point of New Jalpaiguri Railway Station in the state, following which the bomb disposal squad Read More …
The Iraqi military on Sunday said that members of the security forces thwarted an attack on a convoy transporting logistical supplies for the international US-led coalition south of Baghdad. The Security Media Cell said in a statement that an intelligence Read More …
Australian Department of Defence – CASG has announced on 22 Jul 2021 that is accepting bids for the following project: Project Land 154 Phase 4 Remote Positioning Vehicles. The Joint Counter Improvised Explosive Device (JCIED) capability under Land 154 Ph Read More …
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Maryland – U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians save lives and enable operations by confronting and defeating everything from hand grenades to nuclear weapons. Across the nation and around the world, EOD Soldiers take on the explosives Read More …
Infantry, engineers, cavalry and military police gathered at dawn, ready to clear a patrol base during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2021 (TS21). In this fictional scenario, Battle Group Eagle soldiers were tasked to clear an enemy compound housing both civilians and Read More …
Indian Head, Maryland – Three employees from Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division’s (NSWC IHD) Explosive Ordnance Disposal Department received the FBI Director’s Award for Excellence in Innovation at the FBI Critical Incident Response Group’s (CIRG) ceremony last month. Read More …
Twenty-five officers of the Nigerian Navy Special Boat Service on Thursday completed a five-week Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) alongside a team of U.S. Army Special Forces. The exercise is part of a series of U.S. engagements with the Nigerian Read More …
Turkish security forces have neutralized improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted by the PKK terrorists in Operation Claw-Lightning and Claw-Thunderbolt areas in northern Iraq, the Defense Ministry said Tuesday. Turkish soldiers in the Metina, Avashin-Basyan regions in northern Iraq have exterminated Read More …
Cameroon this week deployed an additional 300 troops to Bui, a northwestern administrative unit that the military says has become a stronghold for separatists. The troops are conducting house-to-house searches for weapons and destroying improvised explosive devices and rebel camps. Read More …
The homemade bomb was allegedly reported as a suspicious-looking package on a car in the Prati area, just a couple of miles from the stadium. According to Italian news outlet Il Messaggero, it was a “machine with some suspicious threads” Read More …
Turkish special forces have defused two bombs planted in a vehicle in northern Syria, said the National Defense Ministry on Monday. The ministry in a statement said Underwater Defense (SAS) teams, a special unit of the Turkish Navy, detected a Read More …
The engineering teams of ANP following point-to-point search operations, managed to discover & defuse four IEDs in Kabul and Faryab provinces. The engineering teams of ANP following point-to-point search operations, managed to discover & defuse four IEDs in Kabul and Read More …
Security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar on Saturday detected and later defused a suspected improvised explosive device (IED), police said. A suspicious IED planted in a steel container weighing approximately 10 kg was detected near the government quarters in Read More …
KADENA AIR BASE, Japan – The 18th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight conducted a training event to hone their skills in responding to wartime Improvised Explosive Devices at Kadena Air Base, Japan, May 26-27, 2021. The exercise simulated Read More …
The 3 training programmes offered by the UK government in Baidoa are aimed at delivering effective operations and promoting long-term stability. The British military in Somalia, deployed on operation TANGHAM, has been running several new training programmes for the Somali Read More …
One Taliban terrorist was killed and two others were wounded in a clash between police and Taliban insurgents in the Khairkut district of Paktika province. Police also prevented six landmines from exploding in several separate reconnaissance operations in the Sarwadah Read More …
A joint team of the police, the Army and the CRPF today defused an improvised explosive device (IED) detected in a container, which was approximately 10 litres in capacity, at Panzgam village in Awantipora area of Pulwama district, officials in Read More …