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A powerful 40 kg improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Maoists was recovered in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Sunday, police said. The explosive, packed in a big plastic container, was unearthed by a joint team of various security forces on Read More …
At Northern Strike (NS), on July 22, 2020, the Illinois National Guard, 1544th Transportation Company (TC) conducted Counter-Improvised Explosive Devices (C-IED) training at Camp Grayling, Michigan, a part of Michigan’s National All Domain Warfighting Center. NS is designed to train Read More …
U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit One from San Diego and Unit Five from Guam arrived in Naval Air Station Whidbey Island to conduct underwater training for minesweeping. No live explosives were being used. Unit One sent an unmanned Read More …
A World War Two bomb found on a beach in Somerset was detonated by explosives experts. The bomb was discovered by a man out metal detecting on Brean Beach on Tuesday afternoon (July 21) Police attended and put a cordon Read More …
Coastguards will return to Brean Beach today (Wednesday) to try and safely retrieve a suspected WW2 explosive device which was found in the sand by a metal detector user yesterday. Part of Brean beach was temporarily closed by Police on Read More …
Inside the FBI’s Underwater Post-Blast Investigation Course Get an interactive look at how the FBI’s Underwater Post-Blast Investigation course prepares the nation’s public safety bomb tech divers to counter threats in their home harbors and waterways. This episode covers the Read More …
Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko has said two improvised explosive devices have been disposed of outside the Minska metro station in Ukraine’s capital. “Bomb-disposal experts have just disposed of the two improvised explosive devices at the Minskiy market. At about 12:00 Read More …
The Union home ministry has given the approval for field trials of hi-tech ground-penetrating radar (GPR) that will help detect tunnels, anti-tank mines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) on the western border with Pakistan, a development that comes amid India’s Read More …
A black and furry Labrador Retriever lets out a deep vibrating growl from the depth of its chest as members of an elite unit within the Kenyan Defence Forces (KDF) take it through several military drills. This gentle beast gifted Read More …
The Colombian army has equipped six new ambulances to care for mine and explosive detection dogs in different parts of the country, especially where illegal groups have illicit crops. Colonel Jose Antonio Pérez, Chief of the National Center against Explosive Read More …
The Kabul Police forces seized a remote-controlled bomb and thwarted militants’ bid to carry out another explosion in the city. The Kabul Police Headquarters in a statement said the Kabul Police forces discovered and seized the remote-controlled bomb during an Read More …
The incident began at about 6:20 p.m., when Orange County Sheriff’s deputies were called to a disturbance at a hotel room at the three-story Staybridge Suites Irvine East/Lake Forest, located at 2 Orchard Rd. When deputies entered the room, they Read More …
Indian army has averted a major tragedy by recovering a powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Assam’s Tinsukia district on Thursday. The IED was planted by suspected militants under a bridge on the National Highway-38 at Lekhapani area in the Read More …
A key U.S. House panel has approved legislative report language indirectly calling for continued USAID funding for humanitarian demining in Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh), reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA). “We certainly welcome this report recommendation as a step Read More …
Just as it was reeling from a deadly fireworks factory blast last Friday, another explosion hit the northwestern Turkish province of Sakarya on Thursday. The Interior Ministry said three soldiers were killed and six others were injured in the blast Read More …
Australian government has continued its support for mine clearance activities in Cambodia by providing AU$7.6 million from 2020 to 2024 through the Clearing for Results-Phase 4 (CFR-IV) project. The information was made known by H.E. Pablo Kang, Australian Ambassador to Read More …
Last night police were at the scene of a security alert in the Millbrook Gardens area of Castlederg following the report of a suspicious object. This morning a PSNI spokesman revealed the security alert was now over. The statement said that Read More …
A bomb squad has been called to Boston after police found what is believed to be an explosive device. Officers from Lincolnshire Police have raided an address in Margaret Drive at 8am this morning, Tuesday, July 7 following a tip Read More …
The command master chief of the Guam-based Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 5 was fired in May, Navy officials confirmed this week. A New York native, Knudsen enlisted in 1995 and made E-9 in 2017, according to service records. He reported to Read More …
The bomb squad were called to a village near Wisbech after grenades were found. Police were called yesterday (6 July) at 8.25pm to reports of two suspicious devices found in Church lane, Tydd St Giles. Read more… Source: Peterborough Telegraph Related Read More …