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In the first six months of this year, demining specialists in Banteay Meanchey province found about 500 units of unexploded ordnance (UXO). In the past five years, explosive remnants of war have killed six people and injured 13 others, officials Read More …
Almost 80 years after the WW2 Battle of Guadalcanal, the legacy of the six-month conflict continues to claim casualties in Solomon Islands. Explosive remnants of the battle lie centimetres below the surface of the soft soil and sand throughout the Read More …
The U.S. Army has agreed to provide one of its two robotic dogs to help an American nonprofit clean up mines and other ordnance in Ukraine, according to a person familiar with the decision, as the war-torn nation faces a Read More …
A bomb squad was called after a five-year-old boy found an ‘artillery shell’ while magnet fishing with his dad in Tameside. The canal branches off from Cavendish Street and down several side streets, with the main scene focused around the Read More …
The bomb will be defused on Tuesday morning at the site in the XIII district. The area will be evacuated and sealed off in a 200-meter radius for the duration of the work, said Milán Gajdos, communications officer of the Read More …
As a result of war in Ukraine, more than 116,000 square miles (300,000 km2) of the territory is likely to be contaminated with unexploded devices, according to the Deputy Minister of Interior. Just to put that into context, that is Read More …
Around 160,000 square kilometers of the territory of Ukraine need to be examined for the presence of explosives, Deputy Defense Minister of Ukraine Hanna Maliar has said. “Some 160,000 square kilometers of the territory of Ukraine today need to be Read More …
Army bomb disposal experts were working on Tuesday evening to deal with a historic grenade which was discovered by workmen clearing a culvert on a river in a Cork city suburb. Workmen carrying out routine clearance work to remove silt Read More …
More than one million people still live in fear and work in areas contaminated by landmines, ERW and other UXOs while financial support is needed so that the country can reach its mine-free goal by 2025, a senior official said. Read More …
According to Taliban security officials, a mortar shell explosion in Kunduz province has killed one child. Abdullah Abedi, spokesman for the Taliban Police in Kunduz province, said the event occurred before noon on Tuesday, 7th June, in the village of Read More …
