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Counter-IED Report Newsletter

17 October 2025 | Issue 361 |  www.counteriedreport.com

LATEST NEWS

Thailand: Roadside bomb blast in Narathiwat injures police, civilians

 

Ireland: Suspected pipebomb thrown at house in Limerick city

 

Syria: Bombing targeting oil facility guards killed four people and wounded nine others

 

Vidisco Introduces AI Innovation for VEO Software

 

Canadian Armed Forces Builds Readiness And Leads Allies In Modern Training At Exercise ARDENT DEFENDER

 

California: Man arrested after IED discovered in Susanville

 

Ecuador: One dead after vehicle explodes outside shopping mall

 

Northern Ireland: Two arrested in Tyrone and Fermanagh over discovery of device in Irish Republic

 

India: ‘Victim-Operated IEDs on the rise’, National Security Guard warns of shift in terror tactics

 

UK: ‘Nerdy’ man made explosive devices in shed

 

Characterization of explosives in a controlled blast chamber using single-particle mass spectrometer for post-blast particle analysis

 

Italy: Three police officers killed in apparently deliberate farmhouse explosion during eviction attempt

Tennessee: Sevier County explosion leads to arrest

 

Thailand: Two more landmines found at Ban Nong Ya Kaew


Israel: All living hostages released

 

Bangladesh border guard injured in mine blast near Myanmar border

 

UK: Secondary school-aged boy charged after bomb squad called to North Tyneside incident

 

India: Ri-Bhoi Police Diffuse Powerful IED in Umsning Market

 

Thailand: New anti-tank mine found near border in Sa Kaeo

 

India: CoBRA commando injured in Naxal IED blast in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur

 

Yemen: One killed, another injured in IED explosion targeting civilian vehicle in Marib

 

Nigeria: 4 Soldiers killed as Boko Haram terrorists attack troops in Borno

 

FBI: Public’s Help Sought Upon 40th Anniversary of the Santa Ana Bombing Murder of Arab American Activist Alexander Michel Odeh

 

Tennessee: 19 people dead or missing after massive blast at military explosive plant

Belgium: 3 arrested in suspected terror plot to deploy explosive device using drone

 

Israel and Hamas agree to first phase of Gaza ceasefire plan

 

Royal Navy Divers work with NATO allies in Iceland for training in neutralising underwater and land bombs

 

Greece: Explosion Rocks Nightclub on Michalakopoulou Street in Ilisia

 

Turkey: Unmanned sea drone found off Artvin coast destroyed by naval commandos

 

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

 

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

  

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

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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

 

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

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


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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