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…
Extract from the SMALL VESSEL SECURITY STRATEGY document published by the Department of Homeland Security APRIL 2008 There are numerous examples overseas of the use of small vessels as a waterborne improvised explosive device (WBIED) to attack maritime…
WBIED.com Editorial Staff The enormous Tianjin port blasts on Saturday 15 August 2015 has resulted in the death of over 100 people with an untold number missing. The blasts, which not attributed to any terror/militant…
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…
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…
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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…
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…
This article originally published: August 31, 2012 – via Inside Defense The Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization is beginning to look beyond the IED threat in Afghanistan and consider how it may assist…
Image (c) Michael Kamber The Nigerian military has made six arrests after four soldiers and a policeman were killed in an attack by suspected pirates in the oil-rich Niger Delta on Friday. Security forces also…