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They’re sweet, friendly, a little bit “ball crazy” – and trained to detect explosives. Hans and Greta are the newest additions to the K9 program for the S.S. Badger car ferry. The pups had their first workday last week when Read More …
A bag containing 54 detonators with a low intensity explosives were found in front of Nagpur Railway station’s main gate on Monday evening. According to the police, a black bag was spotted by a police personnel lying at the railway Read More …
Russian crews reportedly are working Monday to repair a rail bridge near the country’s border with Ukraine that was blown up over the weekend in what a local governor is claiming was an act of “sabotage.” Officials didn’t specify the Read More …
A bomb blast took place on a rail track near Jagatdal railway station in the North 24 Parganas of West Bengal on Saturday. Officials from the Government Railway Police Force (GRPF) and the Railway Police Force (RPF) reported a bomb Read More …
On April 1, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced that it has installed computed tomography (CT) checkpoint scanners that provide 3D imaging at TSA checkpoints at Frederick Douglass Grater Rochester International Airport (ROC), Rochester, New York. Six CT X-ray units Read More …
Like the neck of a giraffe, a minesweeping vehicle extends a serrated bucket forward and dips its teeth into the blighted earth. It drags the dry soil backward, sifting, before harvesting a jerrycan and gently placing it on the edge Read More …
In a bizarre case, it appears that an unidentified person who attempted to send a ‘homemade bomb’ from Pailin to Battambang via a Cambodian transport company has had his plot foiled by quick thinking staff. Staff at the Pailin branch Read More …
At least five people were injured in an explosion near a railway track in the Mashkaf area of Balochistan’s Bolan district on Tuesday, a senior official of Pakistan Railways said. Muhammad Kashif from railways told Dawn.com that the blast occurred Read More …
Despite ending nearly 50 years ago, US military operations in Laos have left behind a legacy of destruction that still endangers lives today. On Dec 3, 2021, the China-Laos railway opened to traffic, connecting Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan province Read More …
A former CIA officer claims Scotland Yard wanted to allow jihadists plotting Britain’s worst-ever terror attack to board jumbo jets with their bombs. Met chiefs “wanted to play to the very edge” as they built a case against fanatics who Read More …
An unexploded Second World War bomb has been found near railway tracks, leading to the delay of some train services. Police received a report about the unexploded bomb at a construction site in Netley, Hampshire, at 10am on Friday, according Read More …
Following bandits attack on the Abuja/Kaduna rail track, soldiers have taken over patrol of the ever busy Abuja/Kaduna highways. The patrol, is to forestall kidnap of travelers and other motorists plying the route. Daily Sun, gathered that the patrol consisting Read More …
The NYPD’s newest canine members are truly bred for the job. The four-legged constables, known as Transit Enhanced Detection Dogs (TEDD), are truly one of a kind, according to Lieutenant John Pappas of the NYPD Transit Bureau K-9 Division. While Read More …
Some of the most important security missions across mass transportation systems are in the hands or paws of canines. Currently throughout the nation, there are more than 1,000 canine teams part of the Transportation Security Administration’s National Explosives Detection Canine Read More …
At least one person has died and five others seriously wounded in an explosion inside Buoloburte airport in central Somalia. The explosion also caused severe damage to parts of the airport’s office building. Buloburte district commissioner Ahmed Mahad Nur has Read More …
How has aviation security changed since 9/11? A great deal has changed – namely the focus on protecting the cockpit and carrying out passenger screening. Valuable improvements in technology for security screening and the sharing of advanced passenger information have Read More …
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced a new $198 million order to procure mid-sized Computed Tomography (CT) x-ray systems for airport checkpoints across the United States. TSA officials revealed on Thursday that it awarded Computed Tomography the massive order of Read More …
A suspected country-made bomb was found in West Bengal on Sunday (August 15, 2021). The authorities revealed that the bomb was found at the entry point of New Jalpaiguri Railway Station in the state, following which the bomb disposal squad Read More …
SEATTLE – To coincide with National Work Like a Dog Day, officials with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) on Thursday highlighted the role working canines play in transportation security operations. The TSA and Port of Read More …
U.S. Navy explosive experts believe a “drone strike” targeted an oil tanker that came under attack off the coast of Oman in the Arabian Sea, killing two on board, the American military said Saturday. The strike Thursday night on the Read More …