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October 6, 2024

IMCSE MSc Student Award

IMCSE Council Member Mike Groves has been an enthusiastic proponent of an MSc Student Award for several years. His endeavour has recently come to…

September 28, 2024

Weaponised Telephone Pagers

Battery powered communications equipment including mobile phones, handheld 2-way radios and telephone pagers have routinely been utilised in the initiation of IEDs however they…

August 29, 2024

NZDF train Kiribati Police to manage WW2 ERW

The Battle of Tarawa was fought on 20–23 November 1943 between the United States and Japan at the Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands….

August 29, 2024

Imsee: the IMCSE sponsored detection rat

Naming a Hero IMCSE’s donation of £1,000 to APOPO in 2022 not only provided vital support to their ongoing mission but also gave a…

October 5, 2023

Expert meeting on the health conditions of Gulf War Veterans

On 12 September 2023, the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs hosted a meeting to interrogate the evidence around Gulf War Illnesses. The Minister for Veterans’…

September 27, 2023

British Army trains Ukrainian soldiers in mine disposal skills

The Royal Engineers are delivering world-leading training to Ukraine’s combat engineers in Poland, with 1,500 mine detectors having been provided to Ukraine by the…

September 26, 2023

Malta Bomb Disposal Memorial

IMCSE Past President, Mike Groves BEM, observed a minute’s silence at the Malta Bomb Disposal Memorial, September, 2023. As the WW2 Italian and German…

September 25, 2023

Car Bombs and Barrack Busters

Car Bombs and Barrack Busters is the remarkable story of a quiet, unique professional elite, an account of a highly specialised cadre, one whose…

May 28, 2023

Experts convene for Chemical Weapons Demilitarisation Conference

International experts have convened in London for 25th Chemical Weapons Demilitarisation Conference. More than 99% of declared chemical weapons stockpiles destroyed to date International…

March 13, 2023

Munition Bulletin – Flechette Projectiles

Russian projectiles with flechette payloads are being used regularly in Ukraine. Two types are in service: a 122 mm projectile with the GRAU index…

March 5, 2023

The fake bomb detectors

It is almost 10 years since the sentencing and imprisonment of the individuals involved in the selling of fake explosives detectors, the so called…

March 3, 2023

NATO EODTIC appointment applications close 07 March 2023

The NATO Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technical Information Centre (EODTIC) is based near Bicester, UK. EODTIC maintains a library of explosive ordnance publications and responds…

February 24, 2023

£5 million in contracts awarded to fund innovations that enhance veterans’ healthcare

22 projects have won funding as a result of the DASA Themed Competition, Veterans’ Health Innovation Fund, run on behalf of the Office for…

February 4, 2023

Ukraine Munition Report

In Eastern Ukraine, Colin King encountered numerous Russian tank positions, often with the remains of T-72 and T-80 series tanks that had been destroyed…

February 3, 2023

IMCSE establishes Health Working Group

IMCSE has established a Health Working Group (HWG) in response to an inflow of information indicating that those working in the munition clearance and…

February 1, 2023

Mine-hunting ‘mother ship’ arrives in Plymouth

A specialist ship bought to support Royal Navy mine-hunting operations – a mother ship to launch drones to find and destroy undersea threats –…

January 29, 2023

Friend’s of Ukraine EOD Video

Ben Remfrey, IMCSE Council Member, Founder of Ukraine EOD (an IMCSE supported charity) and Managing Director of MAT Kosovo EOD & ERW Training, funded…

January 29, 2023

Colin’s Ukraine Road Trip

IMCSE Council Member, Co-Founder and Chief Intelligence Officer of Fenix Insight, Colin King, has recently returned to the UK from Ukraine. He and Jip…

January 28, 2023

IMCSE introduces membership card with link to website verification page

The new IMCSE membership card bears the member’s image, name, membership number, year of joining IMCSE and a QR code link to a membership…

January 25, 2023

Government targets bomb making materials and poisons in new crackdown

The government has laid secondary legislation to further tighten controls for poisons and chemicals which can be used to make explosives. Today (23 January…

January 19, 2023

£2.5 Million Available for Research and Innovation to Help Defence Better Understand Whole Body Vibration

DASA has launched a new Themed Competition that seeks ideas to enhance our understanding of whole body vibration. DASA has launched a new Themed…

January 12, 2023

New cutting edge bag scanners to halt illegal items at prison gates

Dozens of new cutting edge bag scanners are being fitted at prison gates across 44 prisons to further strengthen the crackdown on drugs and…

January 5, 2023

One careful step at a time through Lebanon’s minefields

A visit to a minefield starts with some crucial safety notes. And they will save your life – when you are just steps away…

December 30, 2022

UK military support for Ukraine continues with delivery of counter explosive ordnance equipment

Hundreds of metal detectors and bomb de-arming kits have been donated to help clear minefields and unexploded ordnance as part of the latest package….

December 21, 2022

Thermobaric Explosives: Rationale, Mechanisms and Practical Aspects

‘Thermobaric (TBX) or “volumetric” explosives are used for niche weapon applications where the main injury or damage mechanism is intended to be by blast…

December 21, 2022

A copy of the IMCSE Annual Report is available in the Member’s login section

‘Our Members are directly involved operationally, with both commercial companies and NGOs, in mitigating the munition threat, others are training Ukrainian security force EOD…

December 21, 2022

Ukraine Munition Threat presentation delivered by Colin King to the IMCSE AGM

Colin a Founder Council Member of IMCSE served in British Army operational EOD and Search Units, as an EOD School instructor, as the UK…

November 21, 2022

“I’m risking my life to clear landmines in Ukraine – and the Russians are hunting me”

In Ukraine, brave women – some total novices–are stepping up to the task of ridding their country of huge amounts of lethal unexploded weaponry…

November 1, 2022

Al Shabab double VBIED attack kills more than 120 in Mogadishu

In the deadliest attack since a 2017 truck bombing which killed more than 500 at least 120 people have been killed and almost 300…

October 31, 2022

Russia claims that Ukraine is preparing to detonate a ‘dirty bomb’ on Ukrainian territory

Russia claims that Ukraine is preparing to detonate a ‘dirty bomb’ on Ukrainian territory In a letter addressed to the UN Secretary General, following…

October 20, 2022

Russia deploys Iranian drones against Ukrainian infrastructure targets

Recent Russian actions signal a realisation that the Ukraine will not be integrated into an enlarged Russia governed by a compliant pro-Russian administration. President…

October 13, 2022

GICHD Ukraine EOD Guide

Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) issued an initial English language Ukraine EOD Guide in May 2022 with a second edition issued in…

October 2, 2022

Standing Well Back

‘Standing Well Back’ is an anecdotal blog site addressing the history of explosives and EOD, especially IEDs. The site is run by Roger Davies…

September 30, 2022

Reports of New Underwater Clearance Technology Challenged

Reports of an underwater UXO clearance technology claiming to be harmless to the marine environment is challenged in an IMCSE Technical Publication. The published…

September 28, 2022

Munition Clearance: facilitating hazard reduction

Over the past decades much has been written about the threat posed by landmines and in particular anti-personnel landmines. While there has been a…

September 26, 2022

A 2021 Study of Deminer Deaths Challenges Transparency

The study by Action on Armed Violence identified 43% of 112 operational deminer deaths 2005 to 2021 were not recorded in international demining organisation…

September 26, 2022

OSCE Sponsors Ukraine High Threat EOD Training

The objectives of the project are supporting Ministry of Internal Affairs in preventing and combatting illicit trafficking of weapons, ammunition and explosives including conducting…

September 8, 2022

‘Thank you for everything Ma’am’

With the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second we have all, regardless of political persuasion, belief, nationality, ethnicity or gender, lost a…

September 5, 2022

Guernsey Charity ‘Friends of Ukraine EOD’ Assists 4 Groups from the Ukraine

Guernsey Charity ‘Friends of Ukraine EOD’ assists 4 groups from the Ukraine including the inaugural course which hit the headlines worldwide, which comprised 8…

September 1, 2022

CWD 2022 London, 7th & 8th of September

IMCSE is delighted to be a sponsor of this year’s Chemical Weapon Demilitarisation (CWD) Conference after the absence of an in-person conference for the…

September 1, 2022

Chemical Destruction Group

It is 30 years since a multi-national UN Chemical Destruction Group (CDG) was established and deployed to Iraq in the aftermath of the first…

May 16, 2022

Friends of Ukraine EOD

Based in Guernsey, Friends of Ukraine EOD is a registered charity, founded by IMCSE members Alfords and PCM, for like-minded people to join together…

March 13, 2022

Iranian Revolutionary Guards Launched Several Fatah Class Missiles

Iranian Revolutionary Guards launched several Fatah class missiles targeting a private residence on the outskirts of Erbil, the capital of the semi autonomous Kurdistan…

February 25, 2021

Dr. Sidney Alford OBE, IMCSE…RIP

Sidney Christopher Alford (1935-2021) RIP Sidney Alford who has died aged 86 was an idiosyncratic gentleman scientist in the long tradition of lone British…

December 28, 2020

President’s End Of Year Message

Dear IMCSE Colleagues, 2020 has been a year that none of us expected to experience bringing personal tragedy and hardship and collective disruption on…

December 29, 2019

Police call on public to sign up to free counter terrorism training

An award-winning counter terrorism training course is now available to the public for the first time and police want you to sign up and…

December 19, 2019

Effects of Ageing on Munitions

Countless organisations are engaged in the management, clearance and disposal of explosive ordnance on a daily basis, much of which originates from the Cold…

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Weaponised Telephone Pagers

NZDF train Kiribati Police to manage WW2 ERW

Imsee: the IMCSE sponsored detection rat

Expert meeting on the health conditions of Gulf War Veterans

British Army trains Ukrainian soldiers in mine disposal skills

Malta Bomb Disposal Memorial

Car Bombs and Barrack Busters

Experts convene for Chemical Weapons Demilitarisation Conference

Munition Bulletin – Flechette Projectiles

The fake bomb detectors

NATO EODTIC appointment applications close 07 March 2023

£5 million in contracts awarded to fund innovations that enhance veterans’ healthcare

Ukraine Munition Report

IMCSE establishes Health Working Group

Mine-hunting ‘mother ship’ arrives in Plymouth

Friend’s of Ukraine EOD Video

Colin’s Ukraine Road Trip

IMCSE introduces membership card with link to website verification page

Government targets bomb making materials and poisons in new crackdown

£2.5 Million Available for Research and Innovation to Help Defence Better Understand Whole Body Vibration

New cutting edge bag scanners to halt illegal items at prison gates

One careful step at a time through Lebanon’s minefields

UK military support for Ukraine continues with delivery of counter explosive ordnance equipment

Thermobaric Explosives: Rationale, Mechanisms and Practical Aspects

A copy of the IMCSE Annual Report is available in the Member’s login section

Ukraine Munition Threat presentation delivered by Colin King to the IMCSE AGM

“I’m risking my life to clear landmines in Ukraine – and the Russians are hunting me”

Al Shabab double VBIED attack kills more than 120 in Mogadishu

Russia claims that Ukraine is preparing to detonate a ‘dirty bomb’ on Ukrainian territory

Russia deploys Iranian drones against Ukrainian infrastructure targets

GICHD Ukraine EOD Guide

Standing Well Back

Reports of New Underwater Clearance Technology Challenged

Munition Clearance: facilitating hazard reduction

A 2021 Study of Deminer Deaths Challenges Transparency

OSCE Sponsors Ukraine High Threat EOD Training

‘Thank you for everything Ma’am’

Guernsey Charity ‘Friends of Ukraine EOD’ Assists 4 Groups from the Ukraine

CWD 2022 London, 7th & 8th of September

Chemical Destruction Group

Friends of Ukraine EOD

Iranian Revolutionary Guards Launched Several Fatah Class Missiles

Dr. Sidney Alford OBE, IMCSE…RIP

President’s End Of Year Message

Police call on public to sign up to free counter terrorism training

Effects of Ageing on Munitions

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