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Bulgaria, Türkiye and Romania will soon organize mine search and clearing operations in the Black Sea, Bulgarian Defense Minister Todor Tagarev said Friday. “Some very small details need to be concretized before the operation begins. This operation will increase the Read More …
In the latest indications of military activities some distance away from the ZNPP, the experts have continued to hear explosions almost every day and they have also heard occasional machine gun fire. The IAEA has been informed that the power Read More …
A child lost his life while eight others were injured on Tuesday when a hand grenade exploded in the Zarchain area of Balochistan’s Wadh city, police said. According to Wadh Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Abdul Manaf, the children from Read More …
When the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) was alerted to a World War II aerial bomb last month, the experts sent to assess the situation had never been involved in such a disposal. But the team of first-timers, comprising regular servicemen Read More …
Israel Defense Forces confiscated a large cache of weapons and supplies from Hamas terrorists amid the attack against Israel, the group announced Sunday. The weaponry removed from Hamas’ possession included rockets, grenades, rocket-propelled grenades and ammunition. The IDF pointed to Read More …
In Ukraine’s Mykolaiv region, one teenager died and another was injured after a mine set off. This was reported by the Minister of Internal Affairs, Ihor Klymenko. “A 14-year-old teenage boy died in the Bashtanka district, Mykolaiv region. His 12-year-old Read More …
A Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC)’s expert team safely removed a war-left U.S.-made MK-82 aerial bomb from an area in the northwestern suburb of Phnom Penh, a mine clearance chief said. CMAC’s Director-General Heng Ratana said the team discovered the Read More …
A Second World War bouncing mine has been found in a Devon recycling centre. Police in Kingsbridge confirmed that the unexploded ordnance was discovered at Torr Quarry earlier today (Saturday October 14). A spokesperson for Kingsbridge Police said the Royal Read More …
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts were today granted access to the rooftop of reactor unit 2 of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) and did not observe any mines or explosives there, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said. From Read More …
Dublin residents in the Sandymount / Ringsend area were shocked this evening as army bomb disposal experts and gardaí rushed to the scene of a discovery which required a controlled explosion. A statement from an Garda Síochána this evening said: Read More …
A 12-year-old boy was killed, and his mother and a young relative received injuries when a ‘toy bomb’ exploded in a house in Garbaz Bakkakhel area of Bannu district on Sunday. Official sources said children found a toy and brought Read More …
UNICEF handed over 15 mobile security classes to the State Emergency Service and the National Police to raise public awareness of mine threats, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said. “We are starting to implement an initiative to raise public awareness of Read More …
A CFPF Jawan was among two persons who were injured in a hand grenade explosion near the residence of Manipur minister Khemchand Yumnam in Imphal West district, police said on Sunday. The incident occurred at Yumnam Leikai, at around 10 Read More …
A police raid on a house built to look like a castle uncovered a workshop for making drone-carried bombs, authorities in Mexico’s western state of Jalisco said Wednesday. State police distributed photos of 40 small cylindrical bombs with fins meant Read More …
A military task force on Wednesday defused a 337-kg bomb left over from the Vietnam War in a forest in Quang Binh Province. The U.S. multi-purpose bomb had a M112 demolition charge. It was discovered by locals in a melaleuca forest Read More …
In a significant development for the IAEA’s mission at the site, Director General Grossi said the Agency had taken delivery of armoured vehicles acquired with extra-budgetary support from Japan. In addition, funding from Germany has enabled the IAEA to hire Read More …
Bomb technicians of the Philippine National Police-Explosive Ordnance Division (PNP-EOD) disposed of some 362 lbs. of explosives seized in various operations. In a statement Wednesday, the PNP-EOD said the explosives were disposed of in a “critical disposal mission” at Col. Read More …
The TM-62 anti-tank mine has been one of the signature weapons in the Russia-Ukraine war. Buried or just scattered on the surface in vast numbers, the 24-pound mine has slowed attacks by both Russian and Ukrainian forces, disabling many tanks Read More …
Local government officials in Jowzjan province have tragically confirmed the loss of two children due to a devastating mine explosion, and another child was injured due to the incident. Abdul Satar Haleemi, the spokesperson for Jowzjan police, informed the media Read More …
The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) has alerted the public to be aware of the danger of buried landmines being exposed during floods. In a notification, CMAA First Vice-President Ly Thuch noted that during and after floods, Read More …