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The Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization is beginning to look beyond the IED threat in Afghanistan and consider how it may assist combatant commanders around the globe, a JIEDDO official said last week. The…
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Pirates forced to scramble for less
Source: http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htseamo/articles/20150910.aspx September 10, 2015: Worldwide piracy has become a less expensive problem since 2013 and most of the activity has moved to the coasts of Malaysia and Indonesia and areas near the Malacca Strait. In…
U.S. Navy Ship Catches Fire at Croatian Shipyard
Source: http://gcaptain.com/u-s-navy-ship-catches-fire-at-croatian-shipyard The U.S. 6th Fleet command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC20) is tugged in to the staging area to begin the dry dock process in the Viktor Lenac Shipyard in Rijeka,…
Piracy threat still exists EUNAVFOR warns
EU Naval Force Operation Commander warned a room full of shipping executives that while Somali piracy in the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden is down, there is no room for complacency regarding the on-going…
How many US troops were killed by Iranian IEDs in Iraq
“Explosively formed penetrators — a particularly deadly form of roadside bomb — killed 196 American soldiers in Iraq over a five-and-a-half-year period, according to recently declassified Pentagon documents. “ Source: How Many US Troops Were Killed…
A superfast WBIED in the making?
WBIED.com Editorial Staff The following video clip shows what is an attempt to break a speed record. The footage was filmed last week as powerboat racer Stuart Hayim was attempting to set a speed record…
NewsFlash: Iraqi Kurds wage anti-IS offensive near oil hub
Article Source: http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/2015/08/26/iraqi-kurds-wage-anti–offensive-near-oil-hub/32423669/ BAGHDAD — The Kurdish regional government in northern Iraq says its peshmerga forces have killed 25 Islamic State militants and cleared nine villages south of the northern oil city of Kirkuk in…
Is ISIL planning WBIED attacks?
WBIED.com Editorial ISIS (Daesh) and all other anti-west organisations depend on fear as a major part of their strategy. ISIS has taken this to new heights with public beheadings (Jihadi John), the destruction of the antiquities in…
News Flash:Pirates attack 6 vessels in 2 days near Singapore
Article Source: http://gcaptain.com/pirates-attack-six-vessels-in-two-days-near-singapore/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzEmail&utm_campaign=0&utm_content=261222#.VeahCfaqqkp Shipping vessels and oil tankers line up the eastern coast of Singapore in this July 22, 2015 file photo. REUTERS/Edgar Su Local authorities are reporting 6 pirate attacks in just two days…
Abstract from the published paper by Dr Sally Leivesley
For the complete publication please visit www.newrisk.com Waterborne threats and sustainability of cities including unusual secondary and tertiary water contamination lessons from Fukushima Abstract for the published paper by Dr Sally Leivesley, Newrisk Limited UK Water…