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GETTYSBURG, Pa. – U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians joined Federal, state and local bomb squad personnel at a Civil War era unexploded ordnance course at the Gettysburg National Military Park. Around 35 bomb squad personnel Read More …
A cordon has been put in place as a controlled explosion of a World War II device is underway at the Teesworks site. Cleveland Police have confirmed a 500-metre cordon has been put in place around Teesworks in Redcar today Read More …
One explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) specialist of the Iranian Navy was killed, and two others were injured as unexploded munitions went off in a shooting range in northern Iran. In a statement on its website, the Iranian army identified the Read More …
As part of their monitoring activities at the ZNPP, the IAEA experts are expecting access to the rooftops of reactor buildings 1, 2, 5 and 6 in the coming days. Earlier in August, the team did not observe any mines Read More …
The Iraqi Minister of Environment, Nizar Amidi, announced on Monday that 59 percent of the areas contaminated with mines have been cleared. Amidi confirmed that Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani prioritizes issues related to the environment, adding that sufficient funds Read More …
Ukrainian marines have advanced for the second time in two weeks on the southeastern frontlines, towards the key port city of Mariupol, with the recapture of the village of Urozhaine appearing to have been partially aided by the Ukrainian use Read More …
Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) director general Heng Ratana, on August 16, leaders inspected the clearance of unexploded ordnance (UXO), which CMAC Special Forces is operating on the campus of Queen Kosomak High School, Trapeang Pring Village, Kratie commune, Kratie Read More …
The bomb disposal unit (BDU) of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police defused 361 explosives in the first half of this year. Out of the explosives defused, one was suicide jacket, one remote-control bomb, six time devices, 234 were hand grenades and Read More …
Two cannonballs were found this afternoon on Devil’s Tower Road in a construction site nearby Filomena House. The Royal Gibraltar Police closed off Devil’s Tower Road after a report of a bomb sighting, and the MoD bomb squad attended the Read More …
Cambodian authorities have temporarily closed a high school where thousands of pieces of unexploded ordnance from the country’s nearly three decades of civil war have been unearthed. The ordnance was found at the school in the northeastern province of Kratie Read More …
Residents of southern Ghazni province are concerned about the existence of landmines and unexploded war remnants and urge the government and other relevant institutions to clear and destroy the explosives. They say areas which were the scene of battles remain Read More …
Nearly 14,000 people living in the eastern Polish city of Lublin have been evacuated after an unexploded bomb was found in the city. Authorities on Thursday told residents to leave their homes on Friday and make their way to a Read More …
On 8 August, the team visited the unit 2 main control room, emergency control room and other safety-related rooms. They did not observe any mines or unusual objects in these areas. However, in the turbine hall of unit 2, the Read More …
Around 13,000 people have been told to temporarily leave their homes in the western German city of Düsseldorf after a Second World War-era US bomb was found, firefighters said Monday. The one-ton United States-made bomb was to be defused overnight Read More …
Ukraine’s armed forces shelled Donetsk with cluster munitions for the second time in one evening, the mission of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to Ukrainian War Crimes (JCCC) reported. Read More …
In a muddy field in Flanders, in northern Belgium, there are signs of a recent harvest along its edge — raw potatoes here and there. But toward the back of the field, members of DOVO, the Belgian military’s bomb disposal Read More …
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts have observed no mines or explosives on the rooftops of Unit 3 and Unit 4 reactor buildings and the turbine halls at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), after having been given access yesterday Read More …
Ukraine is 3D-printing bombs as it looks for alternative ways to supply enough weaponry for its fight back against Russia’s military, according to a new report. The Economist reported that Ukraine has turned to “candy bombs” amid weapons and ammunition Read More …
The Ugandan peacekeeping troops have embarked on demining and clearing unexploded ordnances in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit of Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) Contingent is clearing unexploded ordnances from several Read More …
Türkiye’s Naval Forces Command detected at least 28 unexploded artillery shells in the Black Sea, local authorities in Istanbul said Monday. Investigations conducted by the underwater defense forces revealed that the objects were unexploded artillery shells, the governor’s office said Read More …