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Counter-IED Report Newsletter

8 December 2025 | Issue 366 |  www.counteriedreport.com

LATEST NEWS

Paskistan: Jaffar Express attack averted in Balochistan’s Nasirabad

 

Yemen: Four government soldiers killed in roadside bomb attack in Hadramaout

 

Cambodia’s third extension request to complete anti-personnel mine clearance approved

 

Somalia: AUSSOM roots for coordinated global support

 

Japan, UNDP supply protective suits to Ukraine for mine clearance

 

New Mexico: Kirtland EOD partners with Pueblo of Isleta to remove 115 decades-old munitions

 

Nigeria: Explosion kills 4 children in Borno border community

 

‘Ensuring safety at every inch’: demining effort in Armenia

 

Virginia: FBI arrests man in Jan. 6 DC pipe bomber investigation

 

Florida: Palm Bay Police Announce Massive Seizure of Illegal Substances, Weapons, and Explosives

 

Myanmar: World’s largest number of landmine casualties

 

Connecticut: Decomposed body and explosives found inside residence after standoff

 

SmartRayVision Announces Successful Delivery and Training of 14 Portable X-Ray Systems to the Indonesia National Police

 

UK: Men arrested over suspected explosives offences as major incident declared in Derby

 

Illinois: Three explosive devices found in Rockford home

Israel: IED neutralized in Rehovot industrial zone


Romania says it destroys maritime drone in Black Sea

 

How Kiwi soldiers are helping train Ukraine forces

 

Pakistan: Three police officers killed in IED blast targeting police vehicle in Dera Ismail Khan

  

Japan signs deal to provide $26 million to help Ukraine remove landmines

 

U.S. Department of Justice: Afghan Citizen Federally Charged for Posting Threats to Build Bomb and Kill Americans

 

Russian tanker Midvolga 2 targeted in Black Sea

 

Bangladesh: Seven petrol bombs, four crude bombs recovered from park in Mohammadpur


Landmines: Action Needed to Reinforce Ban

 

Outstanding Airmen of the Year: Staff Sgt. Lucas Shappell, A Perfect Match in EOD

 

Landmine casualties hit four-year high as treaty setbacks deepen

 

South Africa: Woman arrested with explosives intercepted on route to Hartbeespoort Dam

 

India: Five suspects detained after Bhubaneswar bomb attack

 

West Virginia: Barbour County man arrested after police find multiple explosives at his residence

US and Syrian forces conduct airstrikes on ISIS weapons storage facilities

 

Pakistan: Rail line blown up as wave of blasts rocks Balochistan

 

Kenya: Government unveils national action plan to boost hazardous threat response

 

Cambodia-Thailand border: Chinese man wounded in land mine explosion

 

South Africa: Two arrested on N1 for possession of explosives

 

Victoria: Man pleads guilty after detonating improvised explosive at defence expo in Melbourne last year

 

Guinea-Bissau: Military appoints general as transition president after coup

 

Somalia: U.S. special forces join Puntland in major strike on ISIS hideout in Balade Valley

 

UK: Ex-soldier tried to blow up police station and vans with petrol bombs

 

Pakistan: Three children die in landmine explosion inside home in Bolan

 

UK: Midlands teen charged with terror offence ‘had explosive substances’

 

Vietnam: Engineering Corps advances science – technology development and digital transformation

 

Italy sends Ukrainian suspect in Nord Stream pipeline blast to Germany

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PRESS RELEASES

SmartRayVision Announces Successful Delivery and Training of 14 Portable X-Ray Systems to the Indonesia National Police


Safe Pro’s Artificial Intelligence Delivers 800+% Productivity Surge in Ukraine Demining Surveys According to Independent Research Presented at Leading Global Conference


Vidisco Introduces AI Innovation for VEO Software


Safe Pro’s Artificial Intelligence Dataset Surpasses 36,000 Landmine Detections and 2 Million Analyzed Drone Images, Strengthening Military and Humanitarian Operations


Red Cat Collaborates with Safe Pro Group to Embed Real-Time AI-Powered Threat Detection Onboard the Black Widow™ Drone Platform


SmartRayVision Delivers 38 Advanced X-Ray Systems to Support Ukraine’s Security Efforts


Vidisco Announces US Patent Award


New ‘Bomb Robots’ boost Queensland Police Service safety response capability


Scanna Expands Portfolio with Acquisition of VisiConsult’s VCsecurity Business


SmartRayVision – New AI Image Processing


Vidisco reveals its unique portable digital X-Ray systems for the accurate detection of live ammunition in EOD, while maintaining the safety of forces in the field

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