UK: Man arrested after armed officers and snipers were called to report of ‘suspicious package’ in West Sussex

A man has been arrested after armed police, bomb disposal squads and snipers descended on a police station in West Sussex when a suspicious package was discovered this afternoon. Officers surrounded the Burgess Hill Police Station in West Sussex after Read More …

Colombia: The threat of a terrorist operation against military base in Aguachica, Cesar, was neutralized

In the midst of the security work in the sector, the soldiers noticed the suspicious presence of a truck that was being parked by two individuals on the road. These men, realizing the work of the troops, escaped. Soldiers of Read More …

U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal Soldiers deploy to Tunisia for African Lion

BIZERTE, Tunisia – U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians recently deployed to Tunisia for Exercise African Lion in support of the Southern European Task Force-Africa. Soldiers from the Fort Drum, New York-based 754th Ordnance Company (EOD) participated in U.S. Africa Read More …

Slovenia to provide Ukraine with equipment for civilian mine clearance, help to recover Kharkiv

Slovenia will provide Ukraine with equipment for civilian mine clearance through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism and help to recover Kharkiv, Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba has said. “We are facing another important challenge – mine clearance in the Read More …

American, British Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians train together on Fort Bragg

FORT BRAGG, N.C. – U.S. Army and British Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians honed their lifesaving and mission-enabling skills on Fort Bragg, North Carolina. American Soldiers from the 722nd Ordnance Company (EOD) trained with British EOD troops from the 821st Read More …

UK: DE&S secures life-saving digital protection for bomb disposal troops under £41 million contract

Defence specialists called on by UK police to dispose of suspected bombs are being equipped with next-generation digital protection against remotely-triggered devices. The life-saving technology interrogates the airwaves for remote control signals that may be attempting to detonate an explosive Read More …

Irish Army to shell out €1.35m on new landmine clearing machine after Ukrainian help plea

The Army will splash out up to €1.35million on a new landmine clearing machine amid calls from Ukraine for Irish help in removing hidden Russian explosives. The mine clearance vehicle will be used by the Defence Forces to deal with Read More …

Japan: Unexploded wartime bomb defused; JR West resumes services

Ground Self-Defense Force bomb disposal unit defused and removed a 1-ton live explosive from the wartime era that forced West Japan Railway Co. to suspend operations on two lines in Osaka Prefecture for three hours on July 24. The company Read More …

Somalia: ATMIS and Somali National Army enhance capabilities to counter IEDs

Military officers drawn from the African Union Transitional Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) and Somali National Army (SNA) have concluded four days’ training on ways to mitigate threats posed by Improvised Explosives Devices (IEDs). With the Al-Shabaab losing ground and on Read More …

Burmese mine action officials to get trained with CMAC

Burmese mine action officials from the Humanity & Inclusion Organisation have been attending a special training course conducted by the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC). The ten-member team paid at courtesy call on Heng Ratana, Director General of the CMAC Read More …

Nigeria: UN Mine Action Service Trains 27 Borno Police Men On IED Disposal

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba has commended the United Nations Mine Action Service, for training 24 Police officers at the Borno Command on proper usage of Explosive Ordinance Disposal and a donation of requisite equipment to perform effectively. Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: IED recovered from Srinagar

Police today recovered 6 kg of Improvised Explosive Device (IED) material on National Highway from a person in Srinagar. A police spokesman said that Srinagar police on technical inputs arrested one person – Zahid Ahmad Mir son of Abdul Aaziz Read More …

U.S. Army, Marine Corps EOD technicians brief Congressional staffers on unexploded ordnance

MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Virginia – Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal Soldiers from the 55th Ordnance Company (EOD) and Marine Corps EOD technicians briefed a Congressional staff delegation on the potential threat posed by unexploded ordnance (UXO). The staff members for Read More …

I was on all fours, examining the explosive materials I found in the suicide bombers’ kitchen – pepper, bleach and hair dye: Forensic expert tells explosive stories in gripping new book

It was as close to a vision of hell as I am ever likely to come across. I was in a dark tunnel of the London Underground, 100ft beneath Russell Square station. All the living and injured had been evacuated Read More …

South Carolina: Bomb squad clears area after dog digs up military ordnance in North Charleston

Authorities evacuated a mobile home park July 14 after a dog dug up unexploded military ordnance in its owner’s backyard. North Charleston police officers were dispatched around 9:30 p.m. to a house on Remount Road near North Rhett Avenue after Read More …

Massachusetts: X-rays of suspicious sphere reveal it’s a live antique bomb

A cleanup job at the home of a deceased antiques collector turned dangerous when family members found “a suspicious spherical object” that proved to be a volatile Civil War cannonball. The discovery was made in Mansfield, Massachusetts, and Massachusetts State Read More …

DASA UK: Countering IEDs with novel electronic technologies

DASA has launched a new Innovation Focus Area (IFA) called Countering IEDs by Novel Technology and Techniques. Seeking novel electronic technologies that can counter Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) Between £150k – £400k per proposal It is vital that UK military Read More …