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A live improvised explosive device (IED) was disposed of in Nelson earlier today after a city youth unwittingly brought it back from a recent visit to Trail. On Wednesday afternoon the RCMP explosives disposal unit (EDU) attended the scene — Read More …
The Ghana Army School of Ammunition and Explosives (GASAE) has held a graduation ceremony for trainees of the Improvised Explosive Device Disposal (IEDD) Basic and Assistant Course 2–25 at Michel Camp on Friday, 01 August 2025. The six-week intensive programme Read More …
A suspected improvised explosive device (IED) on a police boat in Gladstone Marina brought Australian and United States clearance divers into action during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025. After Queensland Police handed over control of the scene, the divers used electronic Read More …
One powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was recovered from the Nongtaw village area in Piyong circle in Namsai district of Arunachal Pradesh on Saturday. Security forces had intensified counterinsurgency operations in eastern Arunachal Pradesh and eastern Assam following reliable intelligence Read More …
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Travis Air Force Base conducted a combat readiness exercise June 30 – July 10, 2025, to test the installation’s ability to respond to emergent threats, maintain security and execute global mobility missions under pressure. Read More …
A man was arrested after he allegedly planted multiple pipe bombs on a golf course, with one exploding before authorities could defuse it. According to police statements obtained by local outlet KCCI, an explosion rocked the Waveland Golf Course on Read More …
Within the framework of focused military operations and as part of the work of the sustained military operation to increase the security and institutional control of the territory, troops of the Rapid Deployment Force No. 6 of the Sixth Division Read More …
The police on Tuesday defused a bomb in the Michenkhel area of Lakki Marwat district. An official said that local residents spotted a suspected object along a dirt track in the urban locality and informed police. The cops stopped movement Read More …
Gardaí are investigating if a “viable” bomb found near a Russian-owned alumina refinery in Limerick last Friday had been a direct reaction to Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine. On Friday afternoon a bomb was discovered attached to a fuel tank Read More …
2025 marks a milestone for the BC RCMP’s Explosives Disposal Unit (EDU), as the unit celebrates 50 years of service in British Columbia. Started with just two part-time members in 1975 when the RCMP took over explosives work across BC, Read More …
Defense Strategies Institute is pleased to announce the line-up of senior-level speakers for the 12th EOD/IED & Countermine Symposium, taking place at 151 St. George in National Harbor, MD on July 16-17, 2025. The Summit will bring together the relevant Read More …
In a significant recognition of innovation within defense, Major Rajprasad RS of the Indian Army’s Corps of Engineers has been bestowed with the ‘NSG Counter IED Innovator Award’. Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan presented the award during the National Security Read More …
Within the framework of the Ayacucho Plus Campaign Plan conducted by the Omega Task Force of Colombian National Army, four improvised explosive devices were destroyed in two military operations. In the first operation, in the Peñas Coloradas village of Cartagena Read More …
The explosion targeting the rail network in the Belgorod region last night turned out to be much more serious than originally thought. The explosion, which damaged the contact support and caused an emergency stop of a freight train of 66 Read More …
Security agencies successfully neutralised an improvised explosive device planted along a road, thereby preventing what could have been a deadly assault targeting security forces and police personnel near Khoi Bahara police station on Tuesday. According to a statement issued by Read More …
Coastal District police from the Haifa station, together with a police sapper, recently located an explosive device near gas cylinders on a criminal background in a residential building on Saadia Gaon Street in Haifa, and are currently working to neutralize Read More …
An improvised explosive device (IED) recovered during a counter-terror operation in Sector 39 on Thursday night has been safely defused by a bomb squad from the Indian Army’s Western Command, based in Chandimandir. The 2-kg device, believed to contain RDX, Read More …
Gardaí seized €190,000 of cannabis and 20 pipe bombs as part of a search in Ardee, Co Louth, on Tuesday. The search was part of an intelligence-led operation linked to the seizure of the cannabis. During the course of the Read More …
Viable pipe bomb devices and ammunition were recovered as a north Belfast security alert at Cavehill has ended, police confirmed. The PSNI said the devices have been made safe and taken away for further examination, Shortly after 9:30am, two controlled Read More …
Since the cessation of hostilities agreement on 27 November 2024, UNIFIL has carried out 34 clearance operations in south Lebanon, removing 91 unexploded ordnance (UXOs) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs). While routine demining activities remain on hold, these efforts are Read More …