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A senior U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal officer who spent decades tackling one of the most prevalent threats on the modern battlefield has set his sights on a new warfighting domain. U.S. Space Force Col. Dorian C. Hatcher made the Read More …
The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) in Malakand has successfully dismantled a terrorist network responsible for a devastating attack on former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawmaker Malik Liaqat Ali in the Dir Lower district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P). In a press conference held Read More …
The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday destroyed an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) through a controlled mechanism at Selfie Morh near Ban Toll Plaza along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway. Following specific input that an IED has been planted near Selfie Read More …
The police and military unearthed a New People’s Army arms cache in Sariaya, this province, on Friday, August 18. Quezon police director Police Col. Ledon Monte said the 1st Quezon Provincial Mobile Force Company (QPMFC) and the 59th Infantry Battalion Read More …
The Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) has arrested a man in Kiambu suspected of being a terrorist linked to the Somalia-based extremist group Al-Shabaab. The suspect, a 41-year-old man, led detectives to his house in Riruta area of Dagoreti, Kiambu Read More …
The Punjab Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Saturday said it has arrested 13 alleged terrorists including “three key Daesh commanders” during an intelligence-based operation from different cities of the province. In a statement issued today, the CTD said the arrested Read More …
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany – The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives held a post-blast training course for U.S. Air Force Airmen and other NATO allies at Ramstein Air Base, Aug. 7-11, 2023. The week-long course trains students in Read More …
IDF and Border Police forces destroyed a lab used by Palestinian terror groups in the West Bank, as well as seven functioning explosive devices in the Balata refugee camp early on Wednesday morning. Additionally, Israeli forces destroyed a warehouse containing Read More …
The Ministry of Interior (MoI) has reported the apprehension of at least 25 suicide attackers in different provinces over the last two years. Among these detainees, 15 were identified as Pakistani nationals, according to MoI spokesperson Abdul Matin Qani. “The Read More …
Kabul’s Taliban authorities said on Wednesday that dozens of Dai’sh militants from Pakistan have been killed or captured in Afghanistan in the past year. The statement came days after Islamabad blamed Afghans for involvement in suicide attacks on its territory. Read More …
The International Training Division of the Hungarian Defense Forces’ NCO Academy held a course for Belgian and Bosnia-Herzegovina soldiers in July. The Counter-Improvised Explosive Device (C-IED) – Train the Trainer course was attended by ten participants from each country. The Read More …
Israeli forces located an explosives workshop in the Jenin refugee camp on Monday containing hundreds of IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices) as well as mines intended for use against armored vehicles. The fighters also confiscated radios and military equipment and an Read More …
The Tánaiste and Minister for Defence, Micheál Martin, this week received Government approval for the Defence Forces’ proposed training engagement with the EU Military Assistance Mission in Ukraine (EUMAM). It follows Cabinet approval in February of the participation of up Read More …
WASHINGTON – The Program Executive Office for Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC) announced that the Joint Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device (RCIED) Electronic Warfare (JCREW) Increment One Block One (I1B1) program has achieved full operational capability (FOC) ahead of Read More …
FORT CAVAZOS, Texas – U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians cleared the way to victory against near-peer enemy forces during simulated large-scale combat operations on the National Training Center on Fort Irwin, California. Army EOD techs from the 704th Ordnance Read More …
Dogs who have served in the military should have equal status to human veterans and receive better aftercare, a former Army handler has said. Canines can be the first to be sent into the most dangerous situations. And dog charity Read More …
Ukrainian troops have been on exercises in the Scottish Highlands learning how to disarm and defuse Russian bombs, booby traps and mines. Royal Navy divers and experts have been training their Ukrainian counterparts on finding and neutralising explosive devices in Read More …
As improvised explosive devices (IEDs) grow more lethal with military-grade explosives and high-impact design and drones become the favoured mode for Pakistan-based elements to smuggle them into Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab, the National Security Guard (NSG) and Indian Army Read More …
Commander Northwestern Naval Area, Rear Admiral Nishantha Peiris on 18th July 2023 presided over the insignia pinning and certificate awarding ceremony of the Bomb Disposal Qualifying Course conducted by the Sri Lanka Navy’s Bomb Disposal Training School in Maho. The Read More …
Security forces on Monday found two improvised explosive devices in the Handwara forests in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. “Based on a specific information, Army along with Police launched a well-coordinated search and destruction operation at Wodhpura Read More …