Ohio: Suspect in Lorain’s triple police shooting found with heavy explosives, arsenal

Investigators are working tirelessly throughout this investigation. After the shooting, police located multiple high-powered rifles, handguns, and a substantial quantity of loaded magazines in and around Parker’s car. While securing his vehicle, law enforcement personnel observed suspicious baggage, raising concerns Read More …

California: Old Pipe Bomb Found in Storm Drain in Alameda

The investigation ensued after crew members from Alameda’s Public Works Department discovered a “suspicious item” in a storm drain while performing routine maintenance at approximately 10:15 a.m., according to an APD report on Facebook. By 10:30 a.m., APD officers notified Read More …

US Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal techs participate in interagency IED exercise

CAMP DAWSON, W.Va. – U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians honed their lifesaving and mission-enabling skills with interagency bomb squads during a nationwide training exercise. During four Exercise Raven’s Challenge iterations, nearly 100 Army EOD technicians from the 20th Chemical, Read More …

Ukraine: Warhead of Russian missile defused in Kyiv

Bomb disposal experts from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine have defused the warhead of a downed Kh-69 missile that Russian forces launched at the capital on the night of 20-21 July. The missile fell near a residential building following Read More …

India: Security forces recover IED in Namsai

One powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was recovered from the Nongtaw village area in Piyong circle in Namsai district of Arunachal Pradesh on Saturday. Security forces had intensified counterinsurgency operations in eastern Arunachal Pradesh and eastern Assam following reliable intelligence Read More …

Grenades, mortars and rockets: What to do if you find military explosives

Police responded to two separate munitions discoveries in the Maritimes this week, prompting the public to ask: What do you do if you find, dangerous, potentially explosive items? “There are absolutely things that members of the public should do, and Read More …

Philippines: National Police Commission vows upgrades for PNP explosive, K9 units

The National Police Commission (Napolcom) on Friday committed the agency’s full support for the capability enhancement of the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) Explosives and Ordnance Division/Canine Group (EOD/K9 Group). Napolcom Vice Chairperson and Executive Officer Rafael Vicente Calinisan made this Read More …

South Korea: Unexploded shell found in a flower bed of a house in Gangneung, Gangwon-do

An unexploded military shell was found in a flower bed of a house in Ipam-dong, Gangneung-si, Gangwon. The military Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team (EOD), which was dispatched after receiving the report, immediately began collecting the UXO. The shells recovered were Read More …

California: Team Travis boosts readiness during Exercise

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Travis Air Force Base conducted a combat readiness exercise June 30 – July 10, 2025, to test the installation’s ability to respond to emergent threats, maintain security and execute global mobility missions under pressure. Read More …

Ukraine: How Technology Is Transforming Humanitarian Demining

Over 137,000 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory are potentially contaminated with explosive ordnance. In such a heavily mine-contaminated environment, Ukraine can no longer treat demining as a narrowly technical or purely security-related task. Today, it is a fundamental pillar of Read More …

Explosive Ordnance Disposal techs train with multinational troops at Exercise African Lion

FORT SILL, Okla. – U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians trained together with troops from Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire, Mauritania and the Netherlands in Senegal during Exercise African Lion 2025. Army EOD technicians from the Fort Sill, Oklahoma-based 761st Ordnance Company Read More …

Iowa: Man allegedly hid pipe bombs on golf course, detonated one

A man was arrested after he allegedly planted multiple pipe bombs on a golf course, with one exploding before authorities could defuse it. According to police statements obtained by local outlet KCCI, an explosion rocked the Waveland Golf Course on Read More …

U.S. Air Force: Specialized EOD fitness test will gauge critical task ability

ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) — Explosive Ordnance Disposal has been added as the next combat arms career field to require special sex and age neutral fitness standards. EOD joins other fields with heightened entry level and sustained physical fitness requirements. These Read More …

Colombia: Military operation leads to the neutralization of improvised explosive devices

Within the framework of focused military operations and as part of the work of the sustained military operation to increase the security and institutional control of the territory, troops of the Rapid Deployment Force No. 6 of the Sixth Division Read More …

Pakistan: Bomb defused in Lakki Marwat

The police on Tuesday defused a bomb in the Michenkhel area of Lakki Marwat district. An official said that local residents spotted a suspected object along a dirt track in the urban locality and informed police. The cops stopped movement Read More …

UN peacekeeping EOD international training program kicks off in China

The UN peacekeeping explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) international training program, jointly organized by the Peacekeeping Affairs Center of China’s Ministry of National Defense and the Chinese PLA Army Engineering University, officially began on Monday in Xuzhou City, east China’s Jiangsu Read More …

Philippines: WW2 bombs, Japanese grenade found at Philippine General Hospital

Two vintage World War II bombs and a Japanese grenade have been unearthed on the ground floor of Salcedo Hall at the University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH) on Monday, 7 July. In an announcement released by the UP-PGH Read More …