Hawaii: EOD technicians train for maritime operations

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii — Service members and interagency partners from across the Department of Defense and federal, state, and local organizations gathered September 22, 2025, on Oahu to take part in the five-day Maritime Operations for Bomb Technicians (MOBT) course. Read More …

India: IED defused in Kakching district, Manipur

Security forces uncovered and safely defused an improvised explosive device (IED) weighing 8.467-kilogram planted along a roadside at Wangoo Lamkhai Kaibung under Wangoo police station in Kakching district today. According to reliable sources, a joint team of Kakching district commandos Read More …

U.S. Navy EOD Joins 17 Allied Nations for Northern Challenge 2025 in Iceland

Navy explosive ordnance disposal technicians worked in tandem with 17 allied nations during Northern Challenge 2025, a multinational counter-improvised explosive device exercise Sept. 9-18 across multiple training sites in Iceland. Hosted by the Icelandic Coast Guard, Northern Challenge is NATO’s Read More …

Pakistan: 89 terrorists arrested over 3 months across Punjab

The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) has arrested 89 terrorists in 940 intelligence-based operations (IBOs) launched across Punjab over the past three months, the department said in a statement on Monday. During the three months, 14 terrorists were arrested in Lahore, 14 Read More …

Nigeria: Troops intercept large shipment of IED materials in North East

Troops of the Joint Task Force (JTF) North East, Operation Hadin Kai, have intercepted a large consignment of logistics supplies intended for terrorists in Yobe State. Spokesman Lt. Col. Sani Uba described the interception as a major breakthrough in ongoing Read More …

Somalia: Danab Commandos, Jubbaland forces conduct mine clearance near Kismayo

Somali National Army’s elite Danab commandos, in collaboration with Jubbaland’s Dervish forces, carried out mine clearance operations on Thursday in the outskirts of Kismayo, the capital of the Lower Juba region. Danab officers told reporters that the operation was aimed Read More …

India: Police seize potassium nitrate used in IED blasts

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 …

India: NIA conducts multi-state searches in Vizianagaram ISIS case

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 …

Nigeria: FG moves to tighten control on IEDs materials

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 …

Cote d’Ivoire: EUSDI GoG boosts Ivorian Defense Against improvised explosives

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: Defence, Security Ministers Approve National Plan to Counter IED Threats

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 …

UK: Residents evacuated while explosive item ‘made safe’ in Yorkshire neighbourhood

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 …

Texas: An inside look at Mesquite’s bomb squad and the high stakes work they do

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 …

UNOCT: Supporting Eastern Africa in countering terrorist use of improvised explosive devices

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 …

Republic of Georgia: State Security Service blames Ukraine for bringing explosives into Georgia

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 receives UK-donated vehicles and C-IED equipment to bolster army capabilities

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 …

India unveiled a major 15-year, multi-billion-dollar plan to transform the armed forces

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 …

University of South Florida invention helps U.S. military counter deadly improvised explosive devices

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 …

NSWC Indian Head Division Influences Future EOD Technology at National Robot Rodeo

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 …

India: Eastern Command’s CED unit enhances joint IED response capability with Assam Rifles

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 …