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The new GASKET 3 bomb disposal vehicle’s Initial Operating Capability (IOC) was announced this week, following extensive consultations with the soldiers who will be using the new vehicle. GASKET 3 deployed on its first operational tasking on Tuesday 20 September Read More …
UK ambassador James Sharp has said that his country will expand cooperation with Azerbaijan in demining Karabakh, Azernews reports. “Mine detection dogs cope with this difficult task [demining] very well. Thanks to them, people’s lives are less at risk. We Read More …
An unwanted Staffie abandoned to a pound, has transformed her life from rescue dog to royal protector after being picked out of a line up by police. After intensive training and on-the-job success, Roxy now has two very special bosses, Read More …
A man who was arrested in connection with the 1996 Manchester IRA bombing has been released without charge. He was held on suspicion of terrorism at Birmingham Airport on Thursday but has now been released from custody, Greater Manchester Police Read More …
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s longest-serving monarch, has died. She was 96. She died peacefully on Thursday afternoon at her Scottish estate. The Queen came to the throne in 1952. She witnessed enormous social change and became for Read More …
Eight grenades have been discovered buried in a back garden in Bristol. The explosives, thought to date back to the First World War, were accidentally dug up. Henleaze Avenue was closed while a police explosives team was brought in. Initially, Read More …
The UK Ministry of Defense (MoD) is looking to procure 50 medium remotely piloted vehicles (RCVs) as part of the Dartrose project. A total of £25 million (US$29 million) is available for purchase, which includes 10 years of lifetime maintenance, Read More …
Rapper and TV personality Big Narstie has visited Army bomb disposal experts, the ‘Kaboom Squad’. He spoke to Colchester Troop, 621 EOD Squadron, 11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Search Regiment Royal Logistic Corps at Merville Barracks to find out more Read More …
A bomb alert is ongoing in County Armagh after the discovery of what is believed to be a World War Two grenade. People are being asked to avoid the towpath area at Bridge Street in Portadown. Army bomb disposal experts Read More …
Actor and UN Ambassador Daniel Craig and FCDO Minister Graham Stuart MP will today call for the end of cluster munition use around the world at an international conference chaired by the UK. Cluster bombs continue to kill and maim Read More …
Specialist explosives experts have carried out a controlled detonation on a hand grenade found in a garden in Derbyshire. Police were called to the address on Sunday afternoon after a member of the public found the device. Officers called in Read More …
Ukrainian sailors are being trained to use underwater minehunter drones by the Royal Navy that will play a vital role in helping clear its coastline. More than a dozen Ukrainian personnel have already started a three-week course at a facility Read More …
The UK is giving underwater drones to Ukraine and training Ukrainian personnel in Britain to use them to clear their coastline of mines. Six autonomous minehunting vehicles will be sent to the country to help detect Russian mines in the Read More …
The UK’s Ambassador from Her Majesty’s Government in Ukraine, Melinda Simmons, visited the British mine clearance charity The HALO Trust at work on a minefield in northern Ukraine yesterday, to mark the 6-month anniversary of the invasion of Kyiv and Read More …
A British beach has been considered so dangerous that the public are banned from using it. Medmerry Beach in Chichester is written off to beachgoers, with huge warning signs telling people not to enter. Explosives are buried deep within the Read More …
The news comes after the Dee Street area of east Belfast was closed off for a period today due to a security alert, which ended at 5pm. At 6pm today the PSNI revealed that a suspected device, located during a Read More …
A 42-year-old woman has been arrested under the Terrorism Act as part of an investigation linked to Oglaigh na hEireann criminality. Detectives from the Terrorism Investigation Unit arrested the woman following a search of a property in west Belfast on Read More …
A man who was alleged to be a member of an IS terror cell nicknamed the Beatles has been remanded in custody. Aine Davis is charged with offences including possession of a firearm for a purpose connected with terrorism and Read More …
A mother-of-nine extracted gunpowder from party poppers in a bid to make an explosive device to kill herself, a court heard today. Former postwoman Erin Foley said she wanted to use the device to die by suicide, Taunton Crown Court Read More …
A man has been arrested after armed police, bomb disposal squads and snipers descended on a police station in West Sussex when a suspicious package was discovered this afternoon. Officers surrounded the Burgess Hill Police Station in West Sussex after Read More …