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A number of residents in south Co Dublin were forced to leave their homes on Wednesday morning after an explosive device was discovered at one property. A scene was sealed off on Sallynoggin Road as gardaí and then Army bomb Read More …
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Maryland – A Master Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician was selected for the U.S. Army command sergeant major program. Sgt. Maj. Stephen P. Cunningham will become the senior enlisted leader for the Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington-headquartered 3rd Ordnance Read More …
A Cambodian Mine Action Center demining team will restart removing underwater UXOs and a shipwreck in the Mekong River in Prey Veng province’s Peam Ro district at the end of this month or next. Heng Ratana, CMAC director general said: Read More …
The Administration for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief performed 654 interventions related to unexploded ordnance items in Slovenia last year, which means almost two per day and 30% more than last year. A total of 4,271 unexploded ordnance items were Read More …
At around 9.25pm, it was reported that a loud bang was heard in the area, and the bathroom window of a property had been smashed. Inspector Conway said: “Following a number of proactive searches carried out last night and today Read More …
A wireless explosive device was found removed near a kindergarten in the village of Muqeible, during a search operation for weapons used by Northern District police officers and the canine unit. The children were evacuated from the scene, the item Read More …
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2 will host annual ice dive training for Navy Divers and explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technicians at Camp Ripley in Little Falls, Minn. in January and February. The course provides Read More …
Residents have been allowed to return home after being evacuated following the discovery of a suspected pipe bomb in Co. Armagh. It was reported shortly before 11pm that neighbours heard a loud bang in the John F. Kennedy Park area Read More …
Two pieces of unexploded ordnance (UXO) or unexploded military ammunition and explosives were found at the Bagong Ospital ng Maynila parking lot construction site along Mabini Street in Malate, Manila on Wednesday, Jan. 26. A 105 mm High Explosive Projectile Read More …
On Wednesday, the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force conducted an underwater detonation of 315 artillery shells, grenades, and bullets, roughly a half-mile offshore at Naha Port’s Shinko Wharf, in Okinawa. The unexploded ordnance was recovered during dredging of Naha Port between Read More …
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Wednesday the extension of Operation UNIFIER for three years, and the deployment of 60 more troops to Ukraine in the coming days. Trudeau made the announcement following a cabinet meeting, alongside Deputy Prime Minister Read More …
Police conducted a controlled explosion of a ‘WW2 bomb’ in Ealing this afternoon (January 26). Police were called at 3pm to Hanger Lane to reports of a “suspected unexploded ordnance”. Road closures were put in place while a controlled explosion Read More …
Bomb disposal experts have carried out a controlled explosion after a grenade was found in a city’s river. A man found the device while magnet fishing in the River Cam near Logan’s Meadow in Cambridge at about 18:40 GMT on Read More …
The State Emergency Service EOD teams work all over the country to detect, seize and destroy explosive ordnance from previous conflicts. The day before, bomb disposal units responded to 9 calls, during which 16 explosive objects were seized and destroyed. Read More …
Assam Rifles and Manipur Police recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition in Churachandpur district of Manipur on Tuesday. Joupi and Phundrei Battalions of Assam Rifles in a joint operation with Manipur Police foiled a major terrorist attack by Read More …
Emergencies Ministry officers have seized shells and munitions in a settlement near the capital Baku, Trend has reported. Acting on a tip-off received at the ministry’s hotline 112 about the discovery of military ammunition in Khirdalan town’s Gushchuluq settlement, a Read More …
An improvised explosive device (IED) stuffed with RDX and ammonium nitrate was found inside an unattended bag at the Ghazipur flower market here today, but it was later defused, officials said. The explosive was kept in an iron box and Read More …
Despite ending nearly 50 years ago, US military operations in Laos have left behind a legacy of destruction that still endangers lives today. On Dec 3, 2021, the China-Laos railway opened to traffic, connecting Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province Read More …
A anti-tank mine leftover from Cambodia’s civil war exploded on Monday killing three members of a local demining team as they carried out their work, their organization announced. The group Cambodia Self Help Demining said in a Facebook post that Read More …
More than 1,000 suspected railway explosives have been uncovered by magnet fishers at a park in Failsworth, Greater Manchester. The bomb squad and emergency service were called to Daisy Nook Country Park after the devices were found underwater at Sammy’s Read More …