Jammu and Kashmir: IED recovered from bag in Kupwara, defused

The Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) of Army on Sunday defused an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) after recovering it from a bag at Gulgam area in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district earlier today. Defence sources told the news agency that Army’s BDS Read More …

Afghanistan: ANP defused several IEDs in Kabul, Sar-e-Pul and Faryab provinces

The engineering teams of ANP following point-to-point search operations, managed to discover & defuse four IEDs in Kabul, Sar-e-Pul & Faryab provinces. The terrorists had planted the bombs to target the innocent civilians. The engineering teams of ANP following point-to-point Read More …

Libya, Italy sign military cooperation agreement

The Government of National Accord (GNA) and Italy signed a military cooperation agreement in Rome on Friday as an effort to develop and build capabilities. Libya’s Defence Minister Salah Al-Din Al-Namroush and his Italian counterpart signed the agreement concerning establishing Read More …

The US Air Force wants to buy a big robot to help with bomb disposal

A year after the U.S. Army awarded a contract to build a heavy-duty robot able to dispose of bombs and other explosives, the Air Force is looking for its own system — and it wants to see what’s on the Read More …

Kingdom of Thailand incorporates seven explosive deactivation aunav.NEXT robots

aunav has supplied to an active counter-terrorism unit in Thailand with seven aunav.NEXT robots and seven aunav.VAN command and control vehicles. The robots, designed and manufactured in Spain, will help neutralize threats in the southern provinces of Thailand. Madrid, 2 Read More …

UK: ‘Pristine’ WW2 mine with 350kg of explosives detonated in Firth of Clyde

Bomb disposal experts from HMNB Clyde near Helensburgh were called into action yesterday (Tuesday) after a Second World War mine in “pristine” condition was discovered in waters around the Firth of Clyde. The team of explosive ordnance disposal experts from Read More …

Nagorno-Karabakh: Turkey’s military to assist Azerbaijan’s army with demining

The Turkish military will support the Azerbaijani army in clearing mines in the territories liberated from the Armenian occupation, the Defense Ministry said in a statement Monday. The ministry said the armed forces will also provide military training for the Read More …

Afghanistan: 29 IEDs defused in Uruzgan and Kandahar provinces

29 IEDs were discovered and defused by ANA in Urzgan and Kandahar provinces, last night. The IEDs were placed by #Taliban on public roads to kill civilians in Zheria, Maiwand and Gizab districts. Lives of tens of civilians were saved Read More …

UK: Blackpool soup kitchen search continues as ‘explosives found’

The search at a soup kitchen in Blackpool is continuing after explosives were found. Officers were called to Amazing Graze Soup Kitchen on Bolton Street at 2.50pm yesterday afternoon (November 26) and also seized a suspected imitation shotgun. The street Read More …

Afghan National Police arrested a terrorist with an explosive-laden cart in Kabul, 10 IEDs defused in Kandahar, Zabul and Urzgan provinces

ANP arrested a terrorist with an explosive-laden cart in PD#1, Jalalabad City of Nangarhar. The terrorist wanted to use the explosives-packed cart for a suicide attack in Camp area. The timely discovery of the explosives has foiled terror attack and Read More …

Hertfordshire: Police attend Garston station after reports of suspicious package

A controlled explosion has been carried out a railway station this afternoon. Police officers and a bomb disposal unit were spotted at Garston train station, and the station was taped off. The British Transport Police says it received reports of Read More …

New training concept could be the future of foreign ordnance exploitation

CAMP SCHWAB, OKINAWA, Japan – A Marine shouts, “Fire in the hole!” The proclamation leads to a moment of stillness; silence fills what will soon be a blast site. A loud “whump” precedes an earth-shaking shockwave. Dirt lifts from the Read More …

Afghanistan: ANP discovered and defused roadside bombs in Kabul, Nimruz, Kapisa and Kandahar provinces

ANP discovered and neutralized eight roadside bombs after several hours of efforts & point to point search operations in Kabul & Nimruz provinces. The terrorists had planted the bombs to target the innocent civilians. ANP discovered & neutralized eight roadside Read More …

Libya: Criminal Investigation Department concludes training program on removing IEDs

The Training and Development Office of the Criminal Investigation Department in the Central Region held a closing ceremony for the training program for the capacity building in the field of removing explosive devices. The program had been implemented within the Read More …