Topic: Improvised explosive devices - NATO
Dec 12, 2018 · An improvised explosive device (IED) is a type of unconventional explosive weapon that can take any form and be activated in a variety of ways. They target soldiers and civilians alike. In today’s conflicts, IEDs play an increasingly important role and will continue to be part of the operating environment for future NATO military operations. NATO must remain …
Chemical improvised explosive devices: responding to the threat
Conventional IEDs are combined with highly toxic chemicals (Ch-IED), biological materials (B-IED) or radioactive materials (R-IED) – better known as “dirty bombs”. Ch-IEDs, sometimes using chemical warfare agents (CWA), are designed to amplify the devastating effect of a classic IED, dispersing harmful and even lethal materials that cause ...
Improvised Explosive Devices, the war of the invisible bombs
More than half the casualties among the NATO forces in Afghanistan in 2011 were caused by improvised explosive devices (IED)¹. This is also the case for one in three Afghans killed last year². In 2010, NATO adopted an action plan on counter-IED(C-IED) aimed at increasing the detection and neutralization of such devices, as well as the dismantling of the networks that …
NATO Science presents: The robot that goes first
Jan 20, 2021 · Location: Florence, Italy Project name: Holographic and Impulse Subsurface Radar for Landmine and Improvised Explosive Device Detection
NATO - Topic: Countering terrorism
Terrorism is the most direct asymmetric threat to the security of the citizens of NATO countries, and to international stability and prosperity. A persistent global issue that knows no border, nationality or religion, terrorism is a challenge that the international community must tackle together. NATO will continue to fight this threat with determination and in full solidarity. …
News: Training Afghan bomb disposal teams, 21-Sep.-2011 - NATO
As they headed to a training session across a dusty, grassy field in Mazar-e-Sharif, the most eagle-eyed member of the group noticed a wire sticking out of the ground. As his fellow Afghan bomb disposal experts-in-training continued on their way, Abudlmanan Shaki Shah stayed silent, thanked his lucky stars, and dropped to his knees to begin completing the task he had spent …
Topic: Relations with Ukraine - NATO
Oct 3, 2024 · The security of Ukraine is of great importance to NATO and its member states. The Alliance fully supports Ukraine’s inherent right to self-defence, and its right to choose its own security arrangements. Ukraine’s future is in NATO. Relations between NATO and Ukraine date back to the early 1990s and have since developed into one of the most substantial of NATO’s …
News: News - NATO
Afghan army captures IED maker, prevents attack on school, voting centre. CAMP DAHLKE, Afghanistan – The Afghan National Army’s 4th Brigade, 203rd Corps captured five improvised explosive device (IED) makers and a cache of bomb-making, in Logar Province, June 13. (Story courtesy of Resolute Support Mission Afghanistan) 29 Nov. 2017
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NATO is helping Iraqi officers learn how to find and defuse Improvised Explosive Devices (IED). Between 1 May and 6 June 2016, two dozen officers are undertaking courses at the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Centre in Amman, Jordan.
NATO and Iraq tackle deadly improvised explosive devices together
For decades now, Iraq has been confronting the scourge of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) which kill and injure civilians. A significant majority of IEDs in Iraq are manufactured from home-made explosives and explosive remnants of war, and used by terrorists as raw materials for improvised bombs and suicide attacks. In the framework of its strategic partnership with Iraq, …