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According to authorities, a soldier was killed due to a training accident at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Johnson on Saturday, May 11. According to Fort Johnson’s public affairs office, the soldier was assigned to the 749th Ordnance Read More …
At least 20 military personnel were killed and several others sustained injuries when a series of explosions occurred at a military base in Chbar Mon City of Kampong Speu province on Saturday. Scores of military buildings and homes near an Read More …
There has been an explosion at a site belonging to BAE Systems, Britain’s biggest defence firm, in south Wales. It happened at BAE Systems in Glascoed, Monmouthshire, at 10:49 BST on Wednesday, South Wales Fire and Rescue Service said. BAE Read More …
Six people are in hospital after a suspected food poisoning incident at Lewes Prison. A further 10 or 11 people have been treated, with deliberately-contaminated food being considered as a possible cause. Of those in hospital three are prisoners. Another Read More …
An explosion at the bomb disposal office of the East Java Regional Police Mobile Brigade’s (Brimob’s) Gegana Detachment here on Monday left ten officers injured, Chief of the East Java Police Inspector General Imam Sugianto said. “I affirmed that there Read More …
The unexploded ordnance (UXO) on the seabed off Northwest Europe poses a hazard to offshore developments such as windfarms. The traditional removal method is through high-order detonation of a donor explosive charge placed adjacent to the UXO, which poses a Read More …
The National Regulatory Authority for the UXO/Mine Action Sector (NRA) in Laos agreed to partner with the War Legacies Project, which will see Phase II of a survey on the use of Agent Orange and support for people with birth Read More …
The US has announced it will send controversial weapons to Ukraine as part of more than $1bn (£800m) in military and humanitarian aid. Russia condemned the move to equip US Abrams tanks with shells strong enough to pierce conventional tank Read More …
Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko reported on Aug. 19 that an explosion occurred on the premises of the Interior Ministry’s State Scientific and Research Expert-Criminalistic Center in Kyiv’s western suburb. Klymenko clarified that the cause of the explosion is not due Read More …
Nine people are reported missing after the explosion in Sergiev Posad, the emergency services told TASS. “As of now, we have no information about nine people,” the spokesperson said. On Wednesday morning, an explosion at a fireworks warehouse owned by Read More …
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa home and tribal affairs department has revised the standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the transportation of mining explosives in the province. According to special secretary to the home and tribal affairs department Parwaiz Sabatkhel, the move will Read More …
A weapons depot belonging to Iraq’s federal police force exploded on Sunday in Baghdad’s southern suburbs because of high summer temperatures and poor storage, the military said in a statement. Multiple explosions could be heard in Baghdad on Sunday evening. Read More …
An Armenian demining officer recently deployed to Syria has been seriously wounded while clearing landmines near Aleppo. According to Armenia’s Center for Humanitarian Demining and Expertise (CHDE), the sapper hit an improvised explosive device and was rushed to hospital on Read More …
A team of scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has shown that the structure of microscopic pores in high explosive materials can significantly impact performance and safety. These findings — published recently as the cover article in the journal Propellants, Read More …
To prevent a repeat of the improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Lamitan City, Basilan last month, which killed 11 persons and wounded six others, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has ordered all military commanders to bombproof their checkpoint installations nationwide. Read More …
A man has died and a woman been injured after an explosion outside a metro station in Stockholm. Police spokesman Sven-Erik Olsson said witnesses saw the man, in his 60s, pick up an object off the ground “which promptly exploded”. Read More …
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has awarded funding to four research and development (R&D) projects that will improve the threat detection capabilities of current X-ray technologies for passenger X-ray baggage systems. These projects will be managed Read More …
The U.S. government tested two prototype bombs, based on new terrorist technology, to determine that they could take down a passenger jet before implementing new cabin rules on electronic devices, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly told NBC News’ Pete Williams Read More …
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has issued a revised directive to airlines around the world in response to requests that it clarify aviation security measures scheduled to begin taking effect next week, the agency said on Friday. “This clarifying Read More …
A bag with a ‘bomb’ has gone undetected through Delhi airport security checks. Luckily, it was only part of a drill to check arrangements at the airport — a test that the CISF personnel flunked. The Bureau for Civil Aviation Read More …