Afghan army recovers, destroys 164 IEDs, landmines

Around 164 different Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and landmines have been detected and defused over the last 24 hours, Afghan defense ministry said Monday. “Afghan National Army engineering teams launched operations to clear landmines in different provinces since early Sunday. Read More …

Russia’s FSB detains ISIS cell members planning attacks in St. Petersburg

The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained seven people suspected of being members of a terrorist cell linked to Islamic State, the agency reported. A series of bombings was planned for Saturday, it said. The attacks were planned to Read More …

War At Home: TSA Searching For Suicide Vests On Subways With New Technology Scanning Passengers’ Bodies

Metro passengers in Los Angeles will soon be screened with TSA technology that will help officials detect explosives like suicide vests, officials said Wednesday. The announcement comes just two days after a man detonated a pipe bomb in a New Read More …

New U.S. Government Report Showcases U.S. Global Leadership in Landmine Clearance and Conventional Weapons Destruction

Since 1993, the United States has invested more than $2.9 billion for the securing and safe disposal of excess small arms, light weapons, and munitions as well as the safe clearance of landmines and explosive remnants of war in more Read More …

How ISIS Produced Its Cruel Arsenal on an Industrial Scale

Late this spring, Iraqi forces fighting the Islamic State in Mosul discovered three unfired rocket-propelled grenades with an unusual feature — a heavy liquid sloshing inside their warheads. Tests later found that the warheads contained a crude blister agent resembling Read More …

Commencement of the explosive hazards clearance activities in Mosul’s Old City

The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) has recently been granted access to the Old City of Mosul to assess, survey and clear explosive hazards including improvised explosive devices and explosive remnants of war to complement the work of the Read More …

AUV and ROV Play Important Role in Multinational EOD Exercise

Every autumn, Iceland hosts its annual Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) exercise called Northern Challenge, welcoming NATO members and partners supporting NATO‘s Defence Against Terrorism Programme. Northern Challenge is a multinational exercise, helping to train members of NATO‘s Partnership for Peace Read More …

German Christmas market evacuated after improvised nail bomb is found

A Christmas market in the German city of Potsdam has been evacuated after an explosive device, believed to be a nail bomb, was delivered to a pharmacy nearby. Police have now defused the device after having cordoned-off the area. It was first Read More …

One killed after relief food truck runs over IED in Garissa, Kenya

Garissa IED attack. One person was killed and several others injured after lorry ran over an IED. [Photo/capitalfm.co.ke] One person was killed and four others injured after their vehicle ran over an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at Sabenal area, Hulugho Read More …

30 IEDs defused by bomb disposal squad in Jharkhand’s Latehar

Thirty IEDs, seized from Budha Pahar in naxal-affected Latehar district, were defused by the bomb disposal squad today, police sources said. The improvised explosive devices planted in series were seized by the security personnel soon after the suspected CPI (Maoists) Read More …