Japan: GSDF removes unexploded bomb left over from WWII in Osaka

Ground Self-Defense Force members removed an unexploded U.S. bomb likely dropped during World War II from the site of a future university campus here on Nov. 6. Officials called for the evacuations of around 3,750 residents in about 2,200 households Read More …

Vietnam: 227-kilogram bomb discovered during landslide repair in Quang Tri Province

The mobile mine clearance team of Quang Tri Province under the Peace Trees Vietnam organization, on November 7, said that it had safely moved the MK-82 bomb discovered on National Highway 15D to the gathering place to proceed with the Read More …

Bangladesh: One wounded in crude bomb explosions at Uttara, two held

One person was wounded in crude bomb explosions at a multistory apartment building in the city’s Uttara area Friday afternoon. Police detained two persons-Sihab and injured Habib from the spot. The incident took place around 1:15pm at a residential building Read More …

Ukraine: Mine clearance of entire Luhansk Oblast will take at least 10 years

It will take at least 10 years to demine the entire occupied part of Luhansk Oblast. Serhii Haidai, Head of the Luhansk Oblast Military Administration on air during the national joint 24/7 newscast “It will take at least 10 years Read More …

FBI, Police, DM Airmen conduct explosives training

Airmen from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base participated in a joint exercise with local law enforcement and emergency responders in Tucson, Arizona, Nov. 2, 2022. The 355th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordinance disposal unit teamed up with the Arizona-based FBI and Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: IED planted by terrorists near rail track in Srinagar destroyed

A major terror strike was averted when a 10 kg Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted close to railway track in outskirts of Srinagar was destroyed by the bomb disposal squad. A defence spokesman said on Wednesday that based on leads Read More …

Sappers from Cambodia, one of the most mined countries, will train Ukrainian colleagues

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky agreed with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on cooperation. Our sappers will be trained by colleagues from the mentioned Asian country. According to The Washington Post, Zelensky held a telephone conversation with Hun Sen. As Read More …

Northern Ireland: ‘Viable pipe bomb type device’ found by PSNI during security alert in Cookstown, Co Tyrone

A number of residents were evacuated from their Co Tyrone homes on Friday afternoon after a viable pipe bomb type device was found in the area. Police and Ammunition Technical Officers attended the scene in the Millburn Close area of Read More …

Northern Ireland: Controlled explosion on ‘viable’ pipe bomb in east Belfast

A controlled explosion has been carried out during a security alert in east Belfast after a “viable pipe bomb type device” was found, police have said. A number of homes were evacuated when the device was discovered in the Dundela Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: Army Bomb Disposal Squad defused 20kg IED at Baramulla-Handwara highway

Security forces have averted a major terror plot by timely neutralisation of the IED. The traffic which was halted on the Baramulla-Handwara road in Jammu and Kashmir for initial hours was resumed at 10.00 am This is the second IED Read More …

Chile police foil bomb attack in Santiago business district

Chile’s police on Thursday foiled a bomb attack in Santiago as they found an explosive device placed in the eastern side of the capital city, Interior Minister Carolina Toha said, adding that authorities have opened an investigation to find those Read More …

Premier U.S. Department of Defense all hazards command marks 18th anniversary

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Maryland – The U.S. military’s premier all hazards formation marked its 18th anniversary, Oct. 16. The 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives (CBRNE) Command celebrated its birthday early during a widely attended cake cutting ceremony, Oct. 14, Read More …

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Soldiers sharpen Special Forces support skills in Danger Zone

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. – U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians are sharpening their ability to operate with some of the nation’s most elite warriors in a bunker on Fort Campbell, Kentucky, called the Danger Zone Training Complex. EOD Soldiers from Read More …

Spain: Five explosive devices dating back to the Civil War neutralised in Teruel

TEDAX-NRBQ technicians assisted the Provincial Police of Teruel officers and defused five military devices in different rural locations in Teruel. In the hamlet of Caudé, the EOD team located and rendered safe a mortar round, 146mm and 105mm artillery shells. Read More …

Triple-lock system won’t block Irish role in EU training mission to Ukraine

The triple-lock system governing the deployment of troops abroad will not be an obstacle to Irish participation in a military training mission to Ukraine, Defense Minister Simon Coveney has said. Ireland has indicated that it is ready to contribute to Read More …

Germany: 500-kilogram Second World War bomb found in Frankfurt

The 500-kilogram unexploded ordnance from the Second World War is to be defused on Wednesday (12 October). On the Twitter channel of the Frankfurt fire brigade, Alexander Majunke of the explosive ordnance clearance service recently stated that it was not Read More …