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Tag: Counter IED
USAF explosive ordnance disposal technicians conduct joint training with Nigerien Armed Forces
AGADEZ, Niger — U.S. Air Force explosive ordnance disposal technicians assigned to the 409th Air Expeditionary Group, conducted a joint counter-improvised explosive device exercise with Soldiers from the Nigerien Armed Forces (French language: Forces Armées Nigeriennes – FAN) at the Read More …
Hong Kong: Trio arrested over making of explosive and inciting attack on police officers
Three people were arrested for inciting others to attack police officers and government buildings, as police seized bomb materials including TATP from their residence. Police said on Tuesday that some criminals incited others to attack police officers and several government Read More …
Nigeria: Vehicle loaded with deadly explosives, weapons intercepted in Kano
The Kano State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has intercepted a vehicle loaded with deadly explosive devices and sophisticated weapons in the state. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa made this known in Read More …
India: IED supplier among four arrested for cross-border smuggling
The supplier of the improvised explosive device (IED) used in the Ludhiana court blast was among four persons arrested for their alleged involvement in cross-border smuggling of drugs, explosives arms and ammunition through drones, police said on Friday. The arrested Read More …
Kenya: Lamu officers trained on IED detection and response
Law enforcement officers in Lamu county have received landmine and Improvised Explosive Devices awareness training to enable them to enhance their security. The training, which was conducted by the Centre for Civilians in Conflict (Civic), is also meant to enable Read More …
Special operators need counter-drone, counter-IED tech in a smaller package
U.S. special operations forces need a tool that can both jam radio frequencies to stop roadside bombs from exploding as well as neutralize drone threats by land, air and sea — and it has to be small. That’s what Special Read More …
Ukraine war has the Marine Corps revamping IED training
Marines may be learning whole new ways to fight in a new kind of littoral battlespace, against different adversaries such as the Chinese military, but an old foe still lurks on any likely future battlefield: improvised explosive devices. While the Read More …
India: Two IEDs planted by Maoists destroyed by police in Chhattisgarh
Security forces have destroyed two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted by the Maoists in Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh on Thursday averting a threat to the lives of police forces. According to police, the IEDs were found planted on a road leading Read More …
Russia: Man plotting terror blast in Kursk Region arrested by FSB
It is reported that two improvised explosive devices, a traumatic weapon with ammunition, Nazi literature and other items and documents confirming the illegal activities of the detained man were seized from his home Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has taken Read More …
DASA UK: Countering IEDs with novel electronic technologies
DASA is searching for Counter-IED technologies that use novel Radio Frequency (RF) techniques DASA has launched a new Innovation Focus Area (IFA) called Countering IEDs by Novel Technology and Techniques. Seeking novel electronic technologies that can counter Improvised Explosive Devices Read More …
Senegalese soldiers graduate U.N. Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Basic course
BARGNY, Senegal.– Last week, leaders from U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) and the 705th Ordnance Company, 242nd OD Battalion Explosive Ordnance Disposal from Fort Polk, Louisiana, attended the graduation ceremony of 18 Senegalese armed forces soldiers who Read More …
Israel: Shin Bet says it busted Islamic Jihad cell in West Bank that planned bomb attack
The Shin Bet security service says it has foiled an attempt by the Gaza-based Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group to enlist residents of the West Bank to commit attacks against Israeli targets. The agency says several Palestinians from the Jenin Read More …
Nigeria: Imo police arrest suspected IPOB bomb maker, recover weapons
The police in Imo State, on Friday, disclosed the arrest of a 50-year-old suspected to be a bomb maker for the Indigenous People of Biafra. A statement issued by the police spokesperson, Micheal Abattam, in Owerri, the state capital, disclosed Read More …
Operation CHAMMAL: Training between K-9 and EOD teams in Iraq
The Explosive Ordonance Disposal (EOD) experts and K-9 teams regularly carry out joint training as part of the maintenance of their know-how. Several times a week, the K-9 teams and the EODs train in the search for and detection of Read More …
Iraqi Security Forces seized and destroyed IEDs, UXO and bomb-making materials in Kirkuk Governorate
The Joint Operations Command alongside the Counter-Terrorism Service and Special Forces with support of the Air Force and Army Aviation seized and destroyed numerous IEDs, shells, mortars, 52 kg of ammonia nitrate and various bomb-making materials in Kirkuk Governorate and Read More …
Zutendaal bomb exercise aims to improve emergency response
ZUTENDAAL, Belgium – Members of U.S. Army Garrison Benelux’s emergency response team gathered with Belgian emergency responders to conduct an installation protection exercise at Zutendaal Army Depot March 30. The partnership aimed to gauge response time and coordination efforts between Read More …
Philippine Army’s IED detection, clearing capabilities get boost
The Philippine Army (PA)’s capability to detect and clear mines or improvised explosive device (IED) got a much-needed boost after it received two vehicle-mounted mine detectors (VMMD) early this month. In a statement Wednesday, Army spokesperson Col. Xerxes Trinidad said Read More …
Nigerian Army destroyed militants vehicle fabrication workshop and VBIED making materials and equipment
Gallant troops of Operation LAKE SANITY today neutralized several terrorists and recovered weapons/ equipment around the Lake Chad axis. BokoHaram/ISWAP Central Vehicle Fabrication Workshop & several bunkers were also discovered and destroyed. Additionally, troops also discovered and destroyed Vehicle Borne Read More …
Philippines: Army foils bombing attempt in Maguindanao
Security forces on Saturday foiled a bombing attempt in Ampatuan town in Maguindanao province when they found an improvised explosive device (IED) in the subvillage of Masalay in Barangay Matagobong of the municipality, a military official said. Col. Oriel Pangcog, Read More …