U.S. Army orders ground-penetrating radar system for detecting hidden IEDs

U.S. Army counter-land mine experts needed ground-penetrating radar systems to detect improvised explosive devices (IEDs) buried in roadways. They found their solution from Chemring Sensors and Electronics Systems (CSES) in Dulles, Va. Officials of the Army Contracting Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Read More …

NATO Secretary General in Iraq: training national forces is a key tool in fighting terrorism

ATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met with Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi on Tuesday (17 September 2019) for talks on the Alliance’s new training mission in the country and the security situation in the region. The Secretary General paid tribute Read More …

Afghan forces foil militants bid to detonate an IED in Kabul

The Afghan forces foiled militants bid to detonate an Improvised Explosive Device in Kabul, the Kabul Police Headquarters said. According to a statement released by Kabul Police, the security forces discovered the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) from a roadside at Read More …

5 years after IS atrocities, young Yazidis team up to clear explosive hazards in northern Iraq

After five years of massive atrocities committed against the Yazidi minority by Islamic State (IS) militants in Sinjar region, explosive remnants from the anti-IS war still pose a threat to civilians’ lives in the region. Through a project by the Read More …

2019 Eifel Krabben IED Rodeo

Members of the 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal flight participated in an improvised explosive device training June 3-13, 2019 at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. EOD members from different nations are featured in the course of this exercise, called Read More …

CJTF-HOA deputy commanding general visits Kenya

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. James R. Kriesel, deputy commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, visited the Kenyan capital of Nairobi April 2-3, 2019, as part of a familiarization tour of the CJTF-HOA combined joint operations area. Read More …

Somalia, UN seek action to tackle explosive hazards

Somalia and the UN have called for concerted efforts to help the government eliminate threats posed by the increasing use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the Horn of African nation. Mohamud Mohamed, minister for internal security, called on stakeholders Read More …

Train the trainers: Afghan explosive device experts graduated in Herat

IED’s are deceitful. Improvised explosive devices remain one of the biggest threats to Afghan civilians as well as armed forces. Thus, NATO continues to train experts for the purpose of reducing the hazard. A group of ten new Afghan trainers Read More …

USAF EOD laser system enters testing

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — Testing has begun on a new technology that could be a game-changer for Air Force explosive ordnance disposal. The Air Force Civil Engineer Center, in partnership with Air Combat Command, the Prototype Integration Facility Read More …