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BRUNSSUM, Netherlands — NATO ended its largest and most complex computer-assisted, command post exercise of the 21st century on Oct. 19. Exercise Steadfast Jupiter 2023 included more than 7,000 personnel from 17 NATO nations and 24 multinational headquarters exercising every Read More …
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany – The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives held a post-blast training course for U.S. Air Force Airmen and other NATO allies at Ramstein Air Base, Aug. 7-11, 2023. The week-long course trains students in Read More …
CANADIAN FORCES BASE SUFFIELD, Alberta, Canada – Highly specialized NATO forces honed their lifesaving and mission-enabling skills during live-agent chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear (CBRN) training at Exercise Precise Response on Canadian Forces Base Suffield in Alberta, Canada, July 10 – Read More …
Ukraine’s allies have committed to allocating $244 million and providing special equipment for the purpose of humanitarian mine clearance, First Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said on Tuesday. She said the donors included the United States, European Union, Japan, Germany, Read More …
An explosive went off at a coffeeshop on Witte de Withstraat in Rotterdam city center early on Monday morning, bringing the total number of blasts in the city to around 50 this year. The police arrested a 26-year-old man from Read More …
The police found Explosives, weapons and ammunition during a search of a house on the Haarenseweg in Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, on Saturday evening. According to the police, there was no immediate danger to the surrounding area. A police spokesperson could not Read More …
The World War II bomb found near Amersfoort train station on Sunday was removed from there and detonated on the military training area Leusderheide. The explosive has probably been there since World War II. According to the Utrecht police, the Read More …
Great success in the fight against illegal and highly dangerous fireworks. Under the coordination of the Central Criminal Inspection Osnabrück in close coordination with the Osnabrück public prosecutor’s office and the Dutch police, as well as with the support of Read More …
Organised crime is growing in Finland and there is a high demand for weapons. The routes and connections from Ukraine to Finland are already in place. The police are hoping for additional resources for an increasing workload due to the Read More …
CANADIAN FORCES BASE BORDEN, Ontario, Canada – U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians are participating in a multinational counter explosive threat exercise at Canadian Forces Base Borden, Ontario, Canada, Sept. 18 – Oct. 4. During Exercise Ardent Defender, American Soldiers Read More …
USAG BENELUX – BRUNSSUM, Netherlands – U.S. Army Garrison Benelux-Brunssum’s emergency response team partnered with the installation gate guards and local police for an early morning vehicle-born improvised explosive device training exercise here on Sept. 7, 2022. Through the exercise, Read More …
Criminals are shifting from hand grenades to improvised explosives when attacking houses and vehicles in the Netherlands, according to the Ministry of Defense’s Explosive Ordinance Disposal Service (EOD). The number of incidents involving self-made bombs using, for example, fireworks is Read More …
BIZERTE, Tunisia – U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians recently deployed to Tunisia for Exercise African Lion in support of the Southern European Task Force-Africa. Soldiers from the Fort Drum, New York-based 754th Ordnance Company (EOD) participated in U.S. Africa Read More …
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — The 786th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight hosted U.S. Air Forces in Europe’s first EOD symposium here, May 19. Service members from the United Kingdom and the Netherlands attended the symposium to integrate U.S. Read More …
Police arrested a man following a car chase on the A27 and A2 on Saturday morning. An explosive was found in the vehicle after an investigation by experts. Other suspects are still on the run, according to the police. Authorities Read More …
Residents of Schiebroekstraat in Zoetermeer were startled Saturday morning by a man in camouflage clothing banging on windows and doors and shouting. Police arrested him and subsequently found a rifle grenade in his car, Omroep West reports. Police urged residents Read More …
A makeshift explosive device was hurled into the premises of the Russian consular office in the Netherlands on Friday, but fortunately it failed to go off, ambassador Alexander Shulgin said on Saturday. “Yesterday, a makeshift explosive device was hurled into Read More …
On 1 February, a large-scale Referral Action Day targeting terrorist content online took place at Europol’s headquarters. The European Union Internet Referral Unit (EU IRU) at Europol’s European Counter Terrorism Centre (ECTC) coordinated the referral activity, which saw the involvement Read More …
If you asked someone to name the world’s most famous terrorist, chances are they would say Osama Bin Laden, the radical Islamist and mastermind of the 9/11 attacks. But 50 years ago, before anyone even associated fundamentalist Islam with terrorism, Read More …
Ten homes on the Boudewijnstraat in Rotterdam were evacuated for hours in the early Saturday morning hours after an explosive was thrown through the window of one of the houses. According to a police spokesperson, the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Service Read More …