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By Andy Oppenheimer The threat of IEDs implanted and detonated by terrorist groups had appeared to have declined slightly since 2018. That said, some reporting may have been overshadowed by Russia’s ongoing full-scale invasion of Ukraine and...
By Patrick Norén CBNW Magazine Editor Patrick Norén discusses landmine and ERW contamination in the mountainous Central Asian republic of Tajikistan. A decade of instability following independence from the Soviet Union has left the Central Asian republic of...

IEDs: Live Agent and Delivery System Developments

By Fritz Pfeiffer Researcher at the Büro für Umweltgeologie & Sicherheitsforschung in Germany Fritz Pfeiffer discusses results from recent IED trials with simulants and the...

Weapons Technical Intelligence Laboratory 

By Indra Australia Indra delivers two deployable forensic laboratories for the analysis of improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are the major source of...

Thermobarics and Depleted Uranium: Pushing out the Conventional Envelope 

By Andy Oppenheimer With Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine extending well into its second year, Andy Oppenheimer reviews the deployment of weapons on the edge...

IED Threats: An Update 

By Andy Oppenheimer While attacks using IEDs (improvised explosive devices) have declined in the past year, they remain a weapon of choice for violent Jihadist...

How the International Committee of the Red Cross Responds to Weapon Contamination

By Laurent Robert et co. The ICRC’s Weapon Contamination (WeC) Unit provides crucial assistance in areas where explosive weapons pose a significant threat. Conducting clearance activities...

A UGV for Extreme CBRNe Situations – A Case Study

By Zvonko Orehovec Colonel (Ret.) Zvonko Orehovec, Chief Technical Expert at DOK-ING, talks about remotely controlled, unmanned ground-based vehicles (UGVs) that can be used in...

Cyprus’s Thin Green Line

By Mr. David Oliver, Former Deputy Editor of CBNW Almost 50 years since the island of Cyprus has been divided into the Republic of Cyprus...

Persisting challenges in demining in post conflict areas

By Brig. Gen. Basant K Ponwar, Inspector General of Chhattisgarh Police and Director Counter Terrorism & Jungle Warfare College, Kanker, India In the 19th century Alfred Nobel...

Explosive Precursor Chemicals

Dr. Kirk Yeager warns us of possible CBRNe terrorist attacks using explosives. Ever since the discovery of high explosives, bombers have subverted these materials to lash...

Mine Action Activities in Armenia

By Ms. Karine Shamiryan, Head of International Affairs, Center for Humanitarian Demining and Expertise, Armenia. Many countries and states of the world face the long-lasting...

The Role of SMAC in Countering Explosive Remnants of War

By Mr. Bojan Glamočlija, Director of the Serbian Mine Action Center, Serbia. The beginnings of the SMAC The Serbian Mine Action Center (SMAC) was established in...

Clearing Minefields in Cambodia: the Landmine Relief Fund

By Mr. William Morse, President of the Landmine Relief Fund and International Project Manager for CSHD, USA How it all started I have been working in...

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