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Government troops have discovered an improvised explosive device (IED) and bomb-making components believed to be owned by Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) bandits in a remote area in Lamitan City, Basilan, a top military official said Friday. Brig. Gen. Domingo Gobway, Read More …
A Soviet second world war aerial bomb weighing 100kg has been found in the Danube in central Budapest, a Hungarian Armed Forces spokesman said on Thursday. The bomb will be removed from the riverbed on Monday, Lieutenant Milán Gajdos of Read More …
Police said they will dispose of a naval mine from World War II in the eastern waters of Hong Kong Island on Friday. Officers said they found the mine 1.4 kilometres off Cape D’Aguilar near Shek O after receiving a Read More …
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal Soldiers earned the prestigious German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge during a competition on Fort Campbell in late August. More than 70 American Soldiers from the 52nd Ordnance Group (EOD) and other Read More …
Eight grenades have been discovered buried in a back garden in Bristol. The explosives, thought to date back to the First World War, were accidentally dug up. Henleaze Avenue was closed while a police explosives team was brought in. Initially, Read More …
The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday said that it recovered an improvised explosive device (IED) weighing 30-35 Kgs during a search operation in Khonmoh area of Srinagar district. “On a specific input regarding presence of militants in Khonmoh area Read More …
The UK Ministry of Defense (MoD) is looking to procure 50 medium remotely piloted vehicles (RCVs) as part of the Dartrose project. A total of £25 million (US$29 million) is available for purchase, which includes 10 years of lifetime maintenance, Read More …
Rapper and TV personality Big Narstie has visited Army bomb disposal experts, the ‘Kaboom Squad’. He spoke to Colchester Troop, 621 EOD Squadron, 11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Search Regiment Royal Logistic Corps at Merville Barracks to find out more Read More …
The Nigerian Army has said that Troops of 82 Division Enugu, in collaboration with other services on Tuesday, August 30, 2022, killed two members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its militant wing, Eastern Security Network (ESN) Read More …
On August 30, 62 members of the 21st Chinese peacekeeping multi-purpose engineer contingent to Lebanon passed the assessment conducted by the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in just one try and obtained the certifications for mine clearance and explosive Read More …
Fort Wainwright –The 65th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, known casually as the Far North Bomb Squad, is an Army unit based at Fort Wainwright. While their daily work and operations primarily support the Army and Department of Defense, they also Read More …
A bomb alert is ongoing in County Armagh after the discovery of what is believed to be a World War Two grenade. People are being asked to avoid the towpath area at Bridge Street in Portadown. Army bomb disposal experts Read More …
Specialist explosives experts have carried out a controlled detonation on a hand grenade found in a garden in Derbyshire. Police were called to the address on Sunday afternoon after a member of the public found the device. Officers called in Read More …
The UK is giving underwater drones to Ukraine and training Ukrainian personnel in Britain to use them to clear their coastline of mines. Six autonomous minehunting vehicles will be sent to the country to help detect Russian mines in the Read More …
“This is like a game of cat and explosive mouse.” A reality of the war in Ukraine: land mines are everywhere and removing them is a slow, dangerous, but necessary process. But that doesn’t phase retired U.S. Army Green Beret, Read More …
An Atwater teenager has been arrested, accused of making explosive devices and selling them on the internet. Early on Monday morning, multiple agencies, including the Merced Police Department’s bomb squad and Merced County Sheriff’s Office, filled Pacemaker Drive near Mary Read More …
FORT CARSON, Colo. — Explosive Ordnance Disposal Soldiers demonstrated their lifesaving and mission-enabling skills during a recruiting event on Fort Carson. The 62nd Ordnance Company (EOD) participated in the recruiting event that was hosted by U.S. Army Maj. Gen. David Read More …
Operators clearing underwater unexploded ordnance (UXO) from the wreckage of sunken warships have been focused on speeding up operations. They dredge sand from around the wreckage, enabling them to recover both the UXOs and the pieces of the vessels, sunk Read More …
The news comes after the Dee Street area of east Belfast was closed off for a period today due to a security alert, which ended at 5pm. At 6pm today the PSNI revealed that a suspected device, located during a Read More …
Major Orji died as a result of explosive device (IEDs) at Orsumoghu, Ihiala, in Anambra state. Source said, the team were on a mission in Ihiala, to detonate explosive devices (IEDs), that were planted in the village by unknown gunmen. Read More …