Canada announces additional support for Ukraine

Canada will provide critical financial and military support to Ukraine in 2024, including new financial support for Ukraine to meet its balance of payments and budgetary needs and stabilize its economy. This also includes the first year of a new Read More …

UK: Unexploded bomb in Plymouth safely removed during complex disposal operation and major evacuation

A 500kg bomb discovered in the back garden of a residential property in Plymouth, which prompted one of the largest evacuation operations since the end of the Second World War, has been safely removed by bomb disposal experts from the Read More …

UK: Plymouth residents choose to stay put in face of German bomb threat

Some residents are refusing to leave their homes in Plymouth despite the discovery of an unexploded Second World War bomb that has led to more than 1,000 properties evacuated in the city. Thousands of people have been asked to leave Read More …

India: 54 detonators found at Kalyan railway station

More than 50 detonators were found abandoned in two boxes on platform number one of Kalyan railway station on Wednesday, a Government Railway Police (GRP) official said. The official added the boxes were spotted at 11.30am by the GRP officials Read More …

UK: Man pleads guilty to Gosport explosives offence

A man who detonated a low explosive device in the presence of police officers has admitted the offence in court. Police attended an address in Carr Court, Davenport Close, shortly before 10am on 28 August last year to arrest 54-year-old Read More …

EOD technicians support US Army recruiting at robotics competition in West Virginia

Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians supported U.S. Army recruiters during a middle and high school robotics competition in Wheeling, West Virginia. Soldiers from the 754th Ordnance Company (EOD) demonstrated the tools of their profession to students at the Wheeling Robotics Competition. Read More …

UK: Major incident declared in Plymouth after suspected WW2 bomb found in residential area

A major incident has been declared in Plymouth after what is believed to be a WW2 bomb was found in a residential area of the city. Police officers have evacuated multiple properties in the Keyham area, along St Michael Avenue Read More …

Allied Joint Doctrine for Explosive Ordnance Disposal Support to Operations (AJP-3.18)

Allied Joint Publication (AJP)-3.18, Allied Joint Doctrine for Explosive Ordnance Disposal Support to Operations (Edition B Version 1) describes the explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) area of expertise of military engineering function and how EOD principles are applied during the planning Read More …

UK: Metal detectorist finds unexploded bomb in Port Talbot park

A metal detectorist found an unexploded bomb in a Port Talbot park. Cwmavon councillor Charlotte Galsworthy said the man had been searching Parc Siencyn Powell (also known as Parc y Llyn) on Sunday afternoon when he made the discovery. She Read More …

Louisiana: Landry wants to spend at least $19 million more on state police in New Orleans before July

Gov. Jeff Landry is asking the Louisiana Legislature to put an extra $19.1 million into public safety initiatives for New Orleans over the next five months. All of the money will go toward Louisiana State Police, according to a budget Read More …

New York: Three incendiary devices found in Chester home

On Friday, Orange and Rockland County Sheriff’s Deputies were in the Village of Chester serving a temporary order of protection and executing a firearms surrender when deputies located a bag that contained what appeared to be an Improvised Explosive Device Read More …

British Columbia: Annual Exercise Taz Runner starting at CFB Comox

On the morning of Feb. 14, CFB Comox celebrated Valentine’s Day with a bang, with the beginning of the annual Exercise Taz Runner. This 12-year-long tradition, conducted from Feb. 15-29 at 19 Wing Comox, focuses on counter-improvised explosive device training Read More …

UK: Bomb squad called after family discover live WW2 grenade with metal detector

David Ecob and his eight-year-old Jasmine and seven-year-old Isabelle Stansfield had to run for cover and call the police after making the discovery on Sunday. The trio found the grenade after digging down just three inches below the dirt in Read More …

Moldova destroyed explosives found in a Shahed drone that strayed from the war in Ukraine

Authorities in Moldova said Monday they destroyed explosives discovered in a part of a Shahed drone that crashed on its territory from the war in neighboring Ukraine. Police said that 50 kilograms (110 pounds) of explosives were discovered during an Read More …

Fiji: 24 RFMF military personnel to attend explosive training

In a collaborative effort between the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) and the Golden West Humanitarian Foundation, 24 military personnel are set to participate in an International Mine Action Standards (IMAS) Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) course organised by the Read More …

Washington: Live grenade found inside home on Mercer Island

A live hand grenade found inside a Mercer Island home Friday morning was safely removed by explosives experts. According to the Mercer Island Police Department, at about 11:30 a.m. on February 9, a family was cleaning the house after his Read More …

Pakistan: Police officer killed, two others injured in IED explosion in Lower Dir district

A bomb went off in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Monday, leaving at least one policeman killed and two others injured, official sources said. The explosion happened when a police bomb disposal squad was defusing an improvised explosive device Read More …

Sweden: Police destroy ‘dangerous object’ found at Israeli embassy in Stockholm

The Swedish police’s bomb squad have detonated a ”dangerous object” found by staff at Israel’s embassy in Stockholm. It was found outside the embassy building, but inside its fenced-off compound. Police say the object could have detonated, but they have Read More …

UK: Unexploded bomb found behind pub in County Durham

An unexploded bomb has been found outside a pub in County Durham. The piece of unexploded ordnance was discovered by a member of the public behind The Church Mouse pub in Chester-le-Street shortly after 12:00 GMT on Wednesday. A cordon Read More …

Cambodia: CMAC plan UXO, ERW operations in Mekong

The Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) and an inter-ministerial task force organised a public forum ahead of operations to recover unexploded ordnance (UXOs) and shipwrecks from the Mekong River in Prey Veng province. Addressing the forum, CMAC director-general Heng Ratana Read More …