Allied Joint Doctrine for Explosive Ordnance Disposal Support to Operations (AJP-3.18)

Allied Joint Publication (AJP)-3.18, Allied Joint Doctrine for Explosive Ordnance Disposal Support to Operations (Edition B Version 1) describes the explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) area of expertise of military engineering function and how EOD principles are applied during the planning Read More …

The Danger Lurking Just Below Ukraine’s Surface

The widespread use of mines has left Ukrainians scrambling to find ways to clear the explosives. New efforts to develop mine-clearing technology may help them push back Russia’s invading forces. The owner of an agricultural company in Hrakove, near Kharkiv, Read More …

U.S. Central Command forces intercepted Iranian weapons shipment intended for Houthis

TAMPA, Fla. – A U.S. Coast Guard cutter, forward deployed to the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) area of responsibility, seized advanced conventional weapons and other lethal aid originating in Iran and bound to Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen from a vessel Read More …

Laos: Saving Lives Begins With Education

In Thakachanh, a quaint village nestled in Boualapha district. The dry January brings a striking transformation as the roads, which are etched into the village landscape become conduits for fine, red dust, frequently stirred into life by passing vehicles. They Read More …

Queensland: Police evacuate 5km exclusion zone after explosive chemical spill

There’s no timeline for when residents will be allowed to return home after the rollover of a truck carrying explosive chemicals in Queensland. The Bruce Highway has been blocked in both directions at Bloomsbury, north of Mackay in Queensland, after Read More …

Moldova destroyed explosives found in a Shahed drone that strayed from the war in Ukraine

Authorities in Moldova said Monday they destroyed explosives discovered in a part of a Shahed drone that crashed on its territory from the war in neighboring Ukraine. Police said that 50 kilograms (110 pounds) of explosives were discovered during an Read More …

Israel arrest 21 in West Bank raid, locates explosives warehouse

An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson stated 21 wanted persons were arrested overnight, between Tuesday to Wednesday, in a counterterrorism operation in the West bank. The Israel Border Police and IDF were guided by intelligence from the Shin Bet internal Read More …

Republic of Georgia says it seized Russia-bound cargo of explosives sent from Ukraine

Georgia’s State Security Service said on Monday that it had seized a clandestine shipment of explosives bound for the Russian city of Voronezh from the Ukrainian port of Odesa. The South Caucasus country’s domestic security agency said that the explosives Read More …

Nigeria: 1.2m people exposed to landmine explosions In North East

Group Captain Sadiq Shehu (rtd) has said 1.2 million people comprising returnees, internally displaced persons (IDPs) and members of the host communities in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states are exposed to explosive remnants of the decade-long Boko Haram insurgency. Shehu Read More …

Calgary man stockpiled homemade bombs to prep for ‘breakdown in society’

A Calgary man was preparing for a “breakdown in society” when he stockpiled homemade bombs, a judge heard Thursday. Wayne McGuire, 54, pleaded guilty to a number of charges, including possession of explosives, possession of body armour and assault with Read More …

Israel: Shin Bet exposes how Hamas tried to use Israelis to unknowingly deliver explosives

The Shin Bet internal security agency on Wednesday exposed a Hamas espionage operation, during which the terrorist organization tried to solicit Israeli citizens to deliver packages without knowing what was inside. According to the revelation, the deliveries carried explosives or Read More …

UK: Manchester men who stole £160k after blowing up ATMs jailed

Two men who stole almost £160,000 after blowing up four cash machines with explosives have been jailed. Ben Thompson, 35, of Wythenshawe, and Wesley Shepherd, 39, of Sale, were later spotted at Manchester Airport jetting off to Egypt, Spain and Read More …

Israel: IDF reveals how it floods Hamas underground world with anti-tunnel tool

The IDF on Tuesday finally allowed the Israeli media to publish more comprehensive details about its anti-tunnel flooding project against Hamas in Gaza. The IDF said that the flooding tool is one of many for fighting Hamas’s tunnels, including also Read More …

Nigeria: IED kills six pupils in Borno

Six pupils of the Tsangaya Quranic Centre in Gubio town have been killed by an Improvised Explosive Device which exploded near the Tsangaya in the Gubio Local Government Area of Borno State. The incident occurred on Saturday when a metal Read More …

Where Is Hamas Getting Its Weapons? Increasingly, From Israel.

Israeli military and intelligence officials have concluded that a significant number of weapons used by Hamas in the Oct. 7 attacks and in the war in Gaza came from an unlikely source: the Israeli military itself. For years, analysts have Read More …

The Gaza Strip: Hamas causes buildings to collapse, 21 IDF soldiers dead, several injured

The IDF announced the death of 21 reservists fighting in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday. Hamas forces fired a rocket-propelled grenade on multiple adjacent structures, along with landmines that the IDF forces had collected and brought into the buildings, which Read More …

Pakistan: Security forces seize arms, ammunition and explosives in Zhob

Security forces have killed seven terrorists during an intelligence based operation in Sambaza Sector, Zhob District near Pakistan-Afghanistan border. According to the ISPR, these terrorists were involved in terrorists’ activities against security forces as well as killing of innocent civilians. Read More …

UK: Airport scanner delay will prolong 100ml liquid ban

The UK’s biggest airports are set to miss the deadline for installing new advanced security scanners that will end the 100ml limit on liquids. The government told major airports to have the high-tech equipment in place by 1 June 2024. Read More …

California: Former firefighter, arsonist suspected of placing explosives

A former Placerville resident, Benjamin Cunha, who was previously in prison for arson, was arrested Friday on a search warrant related to “improvised explosive devices” placed in locations in El Dorado and Sacramento counties. Now living in Orangevale Cunha, 41, Read More …

India: NIA raids 32 places in multi-state crackdown on Babbar Khalsa, Bishnoi gang

In a multi-state crackdown on the banned Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) and the Lawrence Bishnoi crime syndicate, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Thursday raided 32 locations in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Chandigarh. The agency said it has Read More …