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Counter-IED Report Newsletter

8 October 2025 | Issue 360 |  www.counteriedreport.com

LATEST NEWS

Pakistan sees surge in militant-linked violence in third quarter

 

Norway commits $1.2 million to support Cambodia’s mine action for 2025-2027

 

Kenya: Vice Chief of Defence Forces John Omenda calls for continental unity to tackle rising IED threat

 

Washington D.C.: Man arrested at D.C. Catholic church had 200 homemade explosives

 

Pakistan: 7 injured after blast derails 4 Jaffar Express carriages in Sindh’s Shikarpur

 

Gaza ceasefire talks underway as Israelis mark two years since October 7

 

Germany: Oktoberfest 2025 ends with financial loss due to bomb scare in Munich

 

Solomon Islands: World War II era weapons still threatening lives and dDevelopment

 

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

 

Northern Ireland: Pipe bomb left at Sinn Féin office in Newry, County Down

Thailand: Army links Narathiwat gold heist to insurgent funding crisis

 

Myanmar: Security forces continue sanitation efforts in Kyaukme

 

Somalia: SNA, AUSSOM Conduct Mine Clearance Operations in Awdheegle

 

Republic of Georgia: Large cache of weapons and explosives discovered, planned sabotage for October 4 prevented

 

Kenya: Three people injured in blast at hotel in Mandera

 

Somalia: Suspected al-Shabaab militants attack Mogadishu’s Godka Jilacow prison

 

British Army chef in court over having a gun and explosives, including a homemade ‘cannon’

 

Ohio: Columbus man found with explosives in vehicle during traffic stop

 

Nigeria: Thousands flee to Cameroon as Boko Haram seizes border town

 

Rescue Borealis exercise boosted Europe’s preparedness for security threats

Vietnam: 220-kg wartime bomb safely neutralised in Da Nang

 

RNZN: Working in the ‘real world’ at NATO’s premier IEDD exercise

 

European countries are now turning to landmines to create new deadly defensive barriers from Russia

 

Ukraine: 1,330 people injured by mines during full-scale war, including 135 children

 

Cambodia: New agreement sees US$5mil earmarked for border mine clearance efforts

 

Pakistan: Peshawar IED blast injures four policemen: official

 

UK: Two killed and suspect shot dead in Manchester synagogue car ramming and stabbing attack

 

Ireland: Explosive device, cocaine and thousands of euro seized from Limerick halting site

 

Cambodia records almost 13 pct drop in landmine, ERW casualties in first 9 months of 2025

 

Ukraine: Demining units of the Security and Defence Forces have neutralized over 1 million explosive devices

 

Turkey: Unmanned sea vehicle of unknown origin found off the coast of Trabzon

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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

 

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

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


Safe Pro completes training program with Philippine military on drone operations and AI analysis for army and navy units


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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