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Counter-IED Report Newsletter

18 August 2025 | Issue 355 |  www.counteriedreport.com

LATEST NEWS

India: Police officer killed, three others injured in IED blast during anti-Naxal operation in Bijapur

 

UNODC: Organized crime dynamics in the context of war in Ukraine


Nigeria confirms capture of Ansaru leaders

 

Syria: Explosive device planted inside car goes off in Mezzeh area of Damascus

 

Ethiopia Requests UN to Extend Landmine Clearance Deadline for Third Time

 

Peru: Explosion in Trujillo injures 10 people and damages 25 homes

 

New York: Guard EOD Soldiers from 4 States Unite for Training

 

Pakistan: Six police officers killed, 8 injured in multiple attacks on police checkpoints in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

 

UK continues support for mine clearance in Syria

 

Burkina Faso: WFP suspends flights to Solle after explosion

 

Fort Leonard Wood EOD Soldiers train with local law enforcement agencies

 

Explosive Detection Canines in the Field: A Multi-Site Black Box Validation Study

British Columbia: RCMP and Nelson police safely dispose of improvised explosive device

 

Colombia: Three soldiers killed in attack with explosive-laden drones near Buenaventura city

 

Thailand and Cambodia to hold border talks amid troop movements and minefield concerns

 

Pakistan: Terrorists blow up a gas pipeline in Lakki Marwat

 

Nigeria: Several terrorists killed in failed Borno ambush

 

UK: Bomb disposal team carries out controlled explosion in Surrey

 

Kentucky: Blue Grass Army Depot chemical weapons plant to be demolished next summer

 

Syria and Turkey strike new military deal

 

Pakistan: Drone attack on FC check post in Bannu’s Takhti Khel injures four personnel

 

Indonesia: Suspected 400-Kg Dutch bomb found in Yogyakarta

 

Belgium: Controlled explosion carried out after children find WWII bomb in field

 

CBRN School says farewell to Lovasz, welcomes Parker during ceremony

 

Colorado Springs police searching home connected to incendiary device found during traffic stop

 

UAS sensor protection key initiative for Army’s C5ISR Center

 

Thai military clears 384 munitions from Cambodian attacks

Pakistan: Peshawar-bound Jaffar Express hit with IED blast

 

Iraq: More than 600 Shia pilgrims hospitalised due to chlorine gas leak

 

Pakistan: Two more bridges blown up in Waziristan

 

Somalia: Blast kills 2 Ethiopian soldiers in Baidoa town

 

Ukraine: Unexploded aerial bomb found during agricultural work destroyed in Kharkiv region

 

Lebanon: Hezbollah ammunition depot explosion kills 6 soldiers south of Litani

 

California: Evacuation warnings issued in Weaverville after pipe bomb was found in public forest

 

Northern Ireland: Man arrested after ‘multiple viable devices discovered’ in Co Tyrone

 

UK: Radioactive water ‘leaked into loch’ from nuclear base

 

New Jersey: Bucks County man charged after explosive device detonates at former supervisor’s driveway

 

Thailand: Three soldiers injured in mine blast near Cambodian border

 

New York: Multiple explosives and drugs found in LI home during arrest

 

Pakistan: A roadside bomb targeting police vehicle in South Waziristan kills 2 officers and wounds 14

 

Ukraine: Two teenagers arrested for deadly terrorist attack in Zhytomyr

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FEATURED ARTICLES

INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMERCIAL PROJECTS: EO CLEARANCE AND RISK MANAGEMENT

By Dr Robert Keeley, RK Consulting (EOD) Ltd


“OLD?” C-IED FOR A “NEW?” ALLIED CONCEPT: THE C-IED APPROACH IN THE LIGHT OF NATO WARFARE DEVELOPMENT IMPERATIVES

By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Chief of Attack the Networks Branch, C-IED Centre of Excellence


UNDERSTANDING AND THREAT ALIGNMENT WITHIN A C-IED ENTERPRISE

By Paul Amoroso, an explosive hazards specialist at Assessed Mitigation Options (AMO) consultancy

 

IED CLASSIFICATION – BREAKING DOWN BOMB ATTACKS

By Paul Amoroso, an explosive hazards specialist at Assessed Mitigation Options (AMO) consultancy


A JOURNEY THROUGH PIECES OF SPICE PIES

WHAT COMPONENTS MAKE UP AN IED – TECHNICAL COMPONENT CLASSIFICATION

By Paul Amoroso, an explosive hazards specialist at Assessed Mitigation Options (AMO) consultancy

 

IMPROVING UNDERWATER CAPABILITIES: THE IMPACT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ON IED DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION

By Murat Aydoğmuş, Lieutenant Commander (OF-3) TUR-N, Electronic Warfare Specialist, C-IED Centre of Excellence

PRESS RELEASES

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Safe Pro’s Artificial Intelligence Selected as Finalist by UN World Food Programme for Humanitarian Innovation Accelerator from Among 579 Applicants Spanning 103 Countries


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

AWS Publishes Case Study on Safe Pro AI’s SpotlightAI™; Company Included in Keynote at the Amazon Web Services Public Sector Summit

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