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The special cell has found a large quantity of potassium nitrate, a key ingredient for making IEDs, in searches conducted after busting a terror module allegedly planning targeted killings and blasts. Last week, Delhi Police, in coordination with central intelligence Read More …
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) today conducted searches at multiple locations in eight states across India in the Vizianagaram ISIS case linked with the conspiracy to spread terror through the use of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). The conspiracy was backed Read More …
The Nigerian Government is stepping up efforts to curb the menace of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), which has remained the deadliest threat to troops and civilians in the North East. The National Coordinator, National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), Maj.-Gen. Adamu Read More …
The Spanish Canary Islands Command provides specialized training on the threat of improvised explosive devices in Cote d’Ivoire as part of the EU Security and Defence Inititiative in the Gulf of Guinea (EUSDI GoG). Far from home, under the demanding Read More …
Somalia’s Ministers of Defence and Internal Security on Monday took part in a high-level meeting to endorse the country’s new National Counter-IED (Improvised Explosive Devices) Strategy, aimed at curbing the deadly use of homemade explosives by armed groups. Also in Read More …
Residents of a Yorkshire neighbourhood who had been evacuated from their homes, while police investigated an explosive substance, have been able to return to their homes. Police have now reduced cordons on Lingmore Street in Leeds, after the bomb squad Read More …
CBS News Texas reporter Bo Evans joined the Mesquite Fire Department’s bomb squad to give viewers an inside look at how firefighters handle explosive threats. Wearing a full bomb suit designed to protect vital organs, Evans walked through the delicate Read More …
The United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) will launch the project: “Supporting Eastern Africa in countering terrorist use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs)”, on 11 September 2025. By improving the application of legislative frameworks and building capacities of national authorities Read More …
State Security Service of Georgia (SSSG) says explosives were brought into the country on the orders of Ukrainian intelligence services. Deputy Head of the SSSG, Lasha Magradze, made the statement at a briefing held today, September 12. On September 11, Read More …
Somalia’s Minister of Defence, H.E. Ahmed Moallim Fiqi, accompanied by Chief of Defence Forces Gen. Odowaa Yusuf Rageh, attended a ceremony marking the handover of modern vehicles and equipment aimed at countering improvised explosive devices (C-IED) from the United Kingdom. Read More …
The roadmap includes nuclear-powered warships, next-generation battle tanks, hypersonic missiles, stealth bomber drones, AI-powered weapons, and space-based warfare tech. The Indian Army will induct nearly 1,800 future tanks to replace the T-72 fleet, 400 light tanks for mountain warfare, 50,000 Read More …
It looks like a piece of plastic. But once installed, it can be the key to ensuring military equipment designed to prevent improvised explosive devices from detonating does work as intended. Members of the military across the world wear powerful Read More …
AURORA, Colo. – As leaders in the explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) community, Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD) participated in the 2025 National Robot Rodeo (NRR) event in Aurora, Colorado, August 11-15 and were among military, public Read More …
In a focused effort to strengthen India’s counter-insurgency and internal security operations, the Counter Explosive Device (CED) Unit of the Indian Army’s Eastern Command has successfully conducted a joint Training of Trainers (ToT) course on Counter-IED (Improvised Explosive Device) operations. Read More …
The Lagos State Police Command has announced that its Explosives Ordnance Disposal, Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (EOD-CBRN) Unit will carry out a simulation exercise in the Eko Atlantic City area. According to a statement posted on the Command’s official Read More …
The Finnish Defence Forces asks requests for participation requests related to the procurement of robots. The purpose of this procurement is to equip a part of Finnish Defence Forces EOD- and IEDD-teams with two different size robots. Robots will be Read More …
Batala police arrested a suspect linked to a Pakistan-backed terror module, seizing grenades and explosives, disrupting a cross-border conspiracy. The Batala police on Monday unearthed a Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence-backed terror module with the arrest of one person and seized four Read More …
Inside an electronics workshop in Australia’s capital territory there is a team of tech experts building bombs from scratch. They’re not terrorists; rather, a team of elite specialists making improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and then blowing them up. The mission Read More …
SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany – The 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal flight hosted 14 teams from 10 partner nations for the 2025 Eifel Krabben Improvised Explosive Device Rodeo exercise at Spangdahlem Air Base, Aug. 15- 21, 2025. The Read More …
Soldiers in South Cotabato recovered 17 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) believed to have been planted by communist rebels, preventing a possible attack in the province, the military said on Thursday. Troops from the Army’s 105th Infantry Battalion responded to reports Read More …