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HALIFAX, Nova Scotia – U.S. Navy technicians from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit TWELVE (EODMU-12) and divers from the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) Fleet Diving Unit Atlantic completed a joint Subject Matter Expert Exchange (SMEE) focused on strengthening Allied undersea Read More …
Lithuania has launched a trilateral explosive ordnance disposal exercise in Klaipėda, bringing together military specialists from Lithuania, Portugal and the United States. The drills, which opened on Monday, are taking place at the Kairiai training ground, within Klaipėda port waters, Read More …
The U.S. military has launched operations to begin de-mining the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Central Command (Centcom) said on Saturday. Centcom said in a social media post highlighted by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that two Navy guided-missile destroyers began “setting Read More …
Images circulating online appear to show U.S.-made scatterable anti-tank land mines near a suspected Iranian missile facility outside Shiraz, raising questions about whether the United States has begun using area-denial weapons to hinder Iran’s missile operations. Iranian state media first Read More …
The Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) and a delegation from the United States have visited a demining site in Oddar Meanchey province to review the implementation of a $4 million grant provided in February. CMAC director general Heng Ratana received Read More …
The Presidential Security Service (PSS) obtained a patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for its self-developed artificial intelligence (AI)-based X-ray hazardous materials detection technology, the PSS announced Sunday. The PSS expects the U.S. patent to accelerate Read More …
Across a stretch of open terrain at Hurlburt Field, Florida, two 1st Special Operations Wing Airmen began a race between machines. One guided a ground robot toward a simulated casualty, its treads working across dirt and grass. The other launched Read More …
The United States has contributed more than USD 2.5 million to strengthen UXO Lao operations, supporting office upgrades, staff facilities, and field activities across five provinces, including Luang Prabang. The funding, provided between 2024 and 2025, aims to improve working Read More …
The Executive Mine Action Center branch in Hodeida province destroyed on Sunday 140 anti-vehicle landmines left by the Saudi-US aggression in al-Hali district. The operation was carried out as part of ongoing clearance efforts to secure residential areas and roads, Read More …
Hundreds of women hired by charities to clear deadly landmines across Zimbabwe are now struggling to survive after the United States and other big donors slashed foreign aid – and with it, axed their jobs. The women were working for Read More …
Clemson University chemist Kirkland Sheriff has received an Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Research Fellowship to continue his research to develop sensors that can rapidly detect explosives and other hazardous materials. The research is especially relevant in an era where improvised explosive Read More …
A team of U.S. technicians and experts in explosive ordnance disposal (EOD), assigned to the 6th Civil Engineer Squadron, are training Moroccan soldiers on tactical skills of mine detection and clearance in desert zones. The training is part of the Read More …
Leaving behind a decades-long legacy of threats to life, land mines continue to be used across conflict zones and surrounding areas. Globally, the challenge remains immense. A 2024 NATO report notes the presence of 110 million land mines across 70 Read More …
When the United States suddenly moved to dismantle its foreign aid system earlier this year, the UN’s landmine safety and removal project in Nigeria braced for impact. Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and unexploded ordnance killed or injured 418 civilians in Read More …
Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to cease all hostilities at the disputed border area and release captured soldiers, as part of what United States President Donald Trump hailed as a “peace deal” and an “incredible job for humanity”. Trump presided Read More …
Without a predictable financing mechanism, the mission remains trapped in a cycle of insecurity, mounting arrears and political instability. The governments of Somalia and the United Kingdom, the African Union (AU) and United Nations (UN) met in New York on Read More …
A construction team made a shocking discovery at the Port of Long Beach on Wednesday afternoon when they inadvertently unearthed a World War II-era explosive device, authorities said. The eight-decade-old shell was found at one of the port’s six container Read More …
The United States signed a Grant Cooperation Agreement worth $600,000 on Saturday to support Cambodia’s demining efforts over a five-month period from November to April next year. The funds will be funnelled through Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) to the Cambodian Read More …
Navy explosive ordnance disposal technicians worked in tandem with 17 allied nations during Northern Challenge 2025, a multinational counter-improvised explosive device exercise Sept. 9-18 across multiple training sites in Iceland. Hosted by the Icelandic Coast Guard, Northern Challenge is NATO’s Read More …
This year is the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, but in some countries, the trail of death and destruction continues. Bombs, nearly a century old, are still exploding, killing and maiming people and contaminating land. Read More …
