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Global: Report on maritime piracy
Following a five year engagement by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) to conduct applied research and geospatial analysis on piracy activities, this report constitutes the first global geospatial analysis on the…
Is piracy still a threat?
Article Source: http://www.thecrewreport.com/features/22126/is-piracy-still-a-threat%EF%BB%BF WBIED.com comments: although a report almost a year old – we still think it has relevancy. The superyacht industry is often told to ignore worries over piracy in most areas where yachts would…
JIEDDO – News Article
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…
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…
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…
Article Posting Notice: IED Project Occasional Paper No. 1
The following article from Hull University Centre for Security Studies has been posted: All rights are reserved by the copyright holders: Link to Download Document Extract: The experience of coalition troops in Iraq and Afghanistan has…
Table of WBIED Attacks
The followings is a list of WBIED attacks: In August 2005, Turkish authorities arrested Louai Sakka, a senior al-Qaeda operative when a one-ton bomb he designed detonated prematurely. Sakka had intended to place the bomb…
The Small Vessel Security Strategy
The Department of Homeland Security produced this strategy document. The foreward states, “Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, maritime security efforts have focused primarily on large commercial vessels, cargoes, and crew. Efforts to…
The pivot to Asia and the urgent fight against waterborne IEDs
There’s more evidence that the pivot to Asia is real. The Navy has recently begun work on three new contracts to build systems that will counter the threat posed by “water-IEDs” and other underwater perils…