US Army, Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians train to defeat explosive drones

FORT JOHNSON, La. – U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians recently trained together to confront and defeat explosive drones. Army EOD technicians from the Fort Johnson, Louisiana-based 705th Ordnance Company (EOD) and EOD Airmen from the Read More …

UK: Man jailed after police find gunpowder and IED at Yorkshire property

West Yorkshire Police executed a warrant at a property connected to Paul Bruveris in Illingworth, where they discovered chemicals, explosives and electrical materials Bruveris was arrested when police attended his home address in Dene View, Luddenfoot, in December 2023. The Read More …

Ukraine Is Combining Drones And IED Tactics To Strike Russian Vehicles

The Russia-Ukraine War has significantly accelerated drone technology, particularly for military applications, with both sides pushing drones beyond their traditional surveillance roles. In line with that article’s predictions, a recent video posted to social media suggests that Ukraine has begun Read More …

Northern Ireland: ‘Improvised grenade’ recovered following Belfast security alert

Police remain at a property in Empire Street in south Belfast which was the focus of a security alert on Wednesday. The scene has been reduced and evacuated residents have returned home after a suspicious object, believed to be an Read More …

Israel: IDF’s Yahalom Unit dismantles Hamas underground weapons facility in Gaza

IDF soldiers from the Yahalom Unit uncovered and dismantled an underground tunnel system that housed Hamas weapons manufacturing infrastructure in central Gaza, the military reported Saturday evening. According to the military’s statement, the underground structure contained multiple tunnels that were Read More …

Nigeria: Boko Haram Terrorists Bomb Nigerian Army Base With Drones In Borno On Christmas Eve

At least six soldiers have been confirmed injured after a drone strike by suspected terrorists on a military base in Borno State. SaharaReporters gathered that the terrorists attacked the Forward Operating Base in Wajiroko in the Damboa Local Government Area Read More …

‘That’s one I laid’ – How ex-Taliban are helping IED clear-up in Afghanistan

Former Taliban fighters are now helping the world’s largest landmine-clearing charity locate bombs which they planted during the long war against coalition forces in Afghanistan. One of the Halo Trust’s leaders has told how during a journey to investigate a Read More …

Israel’s Mossad spent years orchestrating Hezbollah pager plot

After nearly a year of war between Israel and the Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah, Lebanon was sent reeling in September when thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies belonging to Hezbollah members exploded. Two recently retired senior Mossad agents, who were among Read More …

NW Iowa Man Sentenced To Federal Prison For Firing Two Improvised Explosive Missiles

A northwest Iowa man who built and fired two improvised explosive missiles will serve 10 years in federal prison. 60-year-old Daniel Graben of Sioux City has been sentenced in federal court after pleading guilty in July of this year to Read More …

Mexico: 2 more soldiers killed by an improvised landmine, after 2 died earlier this week

Two more members of Mexico’s armed forces have been killed by an improvised landmine, just days after two soldiers died in a similar blast, officials confirmed Thursday. The blasts, both in the western state of Michoacan, mark an unprecedented one-week Read More …