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A Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) operator received the Silver Star for his actions in Iraq against Islamic State (ISIS) fighters. In April 2019, Chief Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician Matthew J. O’Connor was attached to a Navy SEAL platoon as Read More …
Manipur police on Monday recovered a claymore IED allegedly RPF/PLA was planning to trigger at a place in Imphal with the arrest of three overground workers including a woman of the armed outfit. Other items recovered along with IED were Read More …
Exercise TAZ RUNNER, an annual military training scenario to practise skills with improvised explosive device disposal, is being carried out at 19 Wing Comox until Feb. 21. 19 Air Maintenance Squadron is hosting Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) teams from across Read More …
More than 600 delegates are gathered this week at the UN Headquarters in Geneva to discuss an issue that is still of concern to at least 60 countries: mine action. This is the 23rd International Meeting of Mine Action National Read More …
Residents have been evacuated from their homes after a suspected unexploded bomb was found in Farnworth. A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police said: “At around 12.05pm today (Monday 10 February 2020) police were made aware of an item – possibly Read More …
An Army bomb disposal team carried out a controlled explosion after a historical hand grenade was discovered at the Royal Canal this afternoon. Emergency services raced to the scene after the device was discovered between Cross Guns Bridge and Broombridge Read More …
Polk County Sheriff’s Office said deputies found six improvised explosive devices at a residence while arresting two burglary suspects Wednesday. The sheriff’s office said deputies were investigating several burglaries and thefts that had occurred in southern Polk County. The investigation Read More …
A bomb disposal squad of the local police today defused a crude live bomb through controlled detonation in Basanti Colony here. The squad defused one of the crude live bombs hurled at former councillor Ashesh Mohanty alias Bulu yesterday. As Read More …
U.S. Marines with Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Company, 8th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group conduct a Field Evaluation Exercise (FEX) at various locations at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, N.C., Feb. 7, 2020, to assess ability to respond to emerging Read More …
Police on Wednesday averted an attempt by insurgents to trigger major explosions in Guwahati after it recovered two Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in the capital city of Assam. The IEDs have been recovered from Pan Bazar and Paltan Bazar areas Read More …
Hong Kong bomb disposal officers were called in after an explosion in a public toilet on Tuesday night, while in a separate incident police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters. The blast wrecked the toilet bowl and Read More …
Soldiers from the 720th Ordnance Company (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) received training on self-contained breathing apparatus equipment during a two-week Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear Hazardous Material Technician Course. The training provided the Soldiers the skills and knowledge required to respond Read More …
The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) is continuing its life-saving work in Iraq. UNMAS is grateful for the support it received from three generous donors. The Governments of Belgium (USD 1.6 million), Italy (USD 784,000) and the Slovak Republic Read More …
A large part of central London’s busy Soho area was evacuated after an unexploded Second World War bomb was found at a building site. Police were called at 1.42pm on Monday to Dean Street, connecting Oxford Street to Shaftesbury Avenue, Read More …
Jammu and Kashmir police will soon become the first police force in the country to use remotely operated vehicles (ROV) to detect Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in all conditions, including under water. The tenders to procure ROVs have will be Read More …
Police in Hünxe, Germany said that explosives were found during the search of a car at a filling station there. The 25-year-old Dutch driver of the Volkswagen Golf, with license plates from the Netherlands, was detained. “The officers found explosive Read More …
During the inaugural 2016 Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Campfire Event a patent was born. A group of Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head EOD Technology Division (NSWC IHEODTD) engineers and scientists met with bomb technicians from the Federal Bureau of Read More …
Enugu State Police Command, on Wednesday, confirmed that officers from the command neutralised an object suspected to be an explosive device at Millipat Hotel Limited, Nsukka. The command fingered political power-play in the incident but said they are still conducting Read More …
It’s 16 minutes past midday on Christmas Eve, and Sead Vrana sends me a text on Viber, seeking to push our interview back by 30 minutes. “I have a high-profile task where my presence is required on site, may we Read More …
A 25-year-old man has become the talk of Thika town for his prowess in devising robots that can efficiently perform some of the common house chores like cleaning. Brian Kimani, a tech guru, has already devised four robots one of Read More …