An improvised explosive device (IED) is a bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action. It may be constructed of conventional...
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explosive devices include: Explosive weapon Anti-personnel mine Artillery shells Bomb Grenade Improvised explosive device Land mine Nuclear explosive...
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Bomb disposal (redirect from Improvised Explosive Device Disposal)
interrelated functions in the military fields of explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) and improvised explosive device disposal (IEDD), and the public safety roles...
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An explosive belt (also called suicide belt, suicide vest or bomb vest) is an improvised explosive device, a belt or a vest packed with explosives and...
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Car bomb (redirect from Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device)
truck bomb, also known as a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED), is an improvised explosive device designed to be detonated in an automobile...
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Improvised nuclear devices (INDs) are theoretical illicit nuclear weapons bought, stolen, or otherwise originating from a nuclear state, or a weapon fabricated...
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the Army. Like many other U.S. military manuals dealing with improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and unconventional warfare, it was declassified and released...
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Yaroslav Moskalik (category Deaths by improvised explosive device)
Balashikha, a suburb east of Moscow. According to reports, an improvised explosive device (IED) with shrapnel was detonated remotely in a parked car as...
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standoff detection of explosives and explosive precursor components and defeating the Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) devices themselves as part of...
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Hezbollah plot to assassinate a former senior defense official using an explosive device, and The Jerusalem Post speculated that the pager explosions may have...
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— Rick Atkinson, The Washington Post EFPs have been used in improvised explosive devices against armoured cars, for example in the 1989 assassination...
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Propane bomb (category Improvised explosive devices)
bomb is a type of improvised explosive device which uses commercially available bottled gas cylinders, a kind of BLEVE. The devices have been used in...
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Time bomb (redirect from Time bomb (explosive))
dropped by aircraft with a delay to increase damage/disruption) Improvised explosive device ("home-made" bombs with a delay to allow the person placing the...
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Jam tin grenade (redirect from Improvised grenade)
9 hand grenades, also known as the "jam tins", are a type of improvised explosive device used by the British and Commonwealth forces, notably the Australian...
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Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) that deals with improvised threats such as the improvised explosive device (IEDs) and small unmanned aerial systems (sUASs)...
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Counter Improvised Explosive Device and EOD Working Groups. Explosive Ordnance Disposal has existed in various forms since the invention of explosives and...
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2025 Mastung bus bombing (category Improvised explosive device bombings in Balochistan, Pakistan)
personnel from the Pakistani security forces was targeted with an improvised explosive device, resulting in the deaths of three soldiers and injuries to twenty...
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usually soaked in alcohol or kerosene, rather than gasoline. An improvised explosive device (IED), also known as a roadside bomb, is a homemade bomb constructed...
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Time bomb Improvised explosive device TM 31-210 Improvised Munitions Handbook Davis, Tenney L. (1943). The Chemistry of Powder and Explosives. Vol. I &...
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high explosive munitions including other types of ordnance such as nuclear, biological and chemical weapons along with improvised explosive devices (IED)...
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On 29 October 2023, a series of improvised explosive device (IED) blasts took place during a convention of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kalamassery, a suburb...
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Pan Am Flight 103 (category Improvised explosive device bombings in 1988)
whose job was to spot explosive devices under X-ray, told ABC News that she had first learned what Semtex (a plastic explosive) was during her ABC interview...
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sixteen confirmed bombs sent were improvised explosive devices, though none had a trigger mechanism. None of the devices exploded outside a controlled setting...
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Molotov cocktail (category Improvised explosive devices)
Byzantines Flamethrower – Ranged incendiary device Improvised explosive device – Unconventionally produced bomb Improvised firearm – Makeshift ranged weapon Insurgency...
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medical responders. 2018 Sukma IED Attack: Maoists carried out an improvised explosive device (IED) attack on a mine-protected vehicle transporting CRPF personnel...
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Pipe bomb (category Improvised explosive devices)
A pipe bomb is an improvised explosive device (IED) that uses a tightly sealed section of pipe filled with an explosive material. The containment provided...
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separation of essential components of unexploded ordnance (including improvised explosive devices) to prevent an unintended detonation. Ordnance detonations may...
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detonator itself is inserted. Note: booby traps and improvised explosive devices frequently use plastic explosive as the booster charge, for example, some C4...
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air strikes, artillery shelling, or detonation of explosive weapon or improvised explosive device) with a second strike several minutes later, hitting...
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'Baloch Liberation Army' targeted Security Forces' vehicle with an improvised explosive device in general area Mach, Kachhi District". GlobalSecurity.org. 6...
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