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Sandia Offers Non-explosive Fertilizer Formula
A Sandia engineer who trained U.S. soldiers to avoid improvised explosive devices (IEDs) has developed a fertilizer that helps plants grow but can’t detonate a bomb. It’s an alternative to ammonium nitrate, an agricultural staple that is also the raw ingredient in most of the IEDs in Afghanistan. Sandia has decided not to patent or [...]
Artificial quake detected in North Korea
North Korea staged an apparent nuclear test Tuesday in a striking act of defiance that, now confirmed, is sure to trigger global condemnation from enemies and allies alike. Regional seismic monitoring agencies detected a seismic event, of a magnitude between 4.9 and 5.1, at 11:57 am (0257 GMT) with the epicentre in the same location [...]
Rebels claim deadly bomb attack on Syria top brass
Rebels claimed a bomb attack which struck at the heart of Syria’s senior command, killing at least three of President Bashar al-Assad’s top brass and warned of more carnage to come. The explosion, blamed on a bodyguard attending a meeting of security chiefs at their Damascus headquarters, prompted the White House to say Assad was [...]
WWII bombs defused after 45,000 evacuated in German city
Bomb disposal experts on Sunday defused two World War II bombs after the evacuation of about 45,000 people from their homes in the western German city of Koblenz, officials said. A 1.8-tonne British bomb and a smaller US bomb were successfully de-activated, the fire service said, after their discovery in the River Rhine when water [...]
US, Kyrgyz officials participate in joint exercise
Emergency responders from the Kyrgyz Ministries of Emergency Services, Interior and Defense participated in a joint explosive ordnance disposal and chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosives response exercise with their American counterparts Nov. 22 here. The exercise was part of a continuing partnership information exchange program that familiarizes Kyrgyz experts with Air Force CBRNE [...]
Explosive Ordnance Disposal techs show Congress bomb disposal tools
More than a dozen Soldiers showcased explosive ordnance disposal equipment on Capitol Hill, Nov. 17, as part of an “inaugural event” for the recently formed House Explosive Ordnance Disposal Caucus. Many of those Soldiers came from the 55th Explosive Ordnance Disposal, or EOD, unit out of Fort Belvoir, Va., which provides EOD support in the [...]
Weighing in at 30,000 pounds, a new bomb for US
The US Air Force has a new 30,000-pound bomb in its arsenal designed to penetrate targets buried deep underground, a spokesman said Tuesday. The Air Force started taking delivery of the giant bomb, the “Massive Ordnance Penetrator,” in September, said Lieutenant Colonel Jack Miller. Under an August 2 contract worth $32 million, the aerospace firm [...]
Low-cost paper-based wireless sensor could help detect explosive devices
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a prototype wireless sensor capable of detecting trace amounts of a key ingredient found in many explosives. The device, which employs carbon nanotubes and is printed on paper or paper-like material using standard inkjet technology, could be deployed in large numbers to alert authorities to the [...]
Report examines lower-body blast injuries
The Army Surgeon General’s Office released its report yesterday on dismounted complex blast injuries, which more than twice as many service members have suffered annually since the 2009 troop surge in Afghanistan. Brig. Gen. Joseph Caravalho Jr., commander of the Army’s Northern Regional Medical Command, detailed the report’s findings to reporters here. The injury pattern [...]
