Chemical improvised explosive devices: responding to the threat According to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were the leading cause of civilian deaths and injuries in 2013 They accounted for 34 percent of all civilian casualties and are the biggest killer of women and children in Afghanistan
Improvised explosive devices | NATO Topic An improvised explosive device (IED) is a type of unconventional explosive weapon that can take any form and be activated in a variety of ways They target soldiers and civilians alike In today’s conflicts, IEDs play an increasingly important role and will continue to be part of the operating environment for future NATO military operations NATO must remain prepared to counter IEDs in any
NATO - Topic: Improvised explosive devices An improvised explosive device (IED) is a type of unconventional explosive weapon that can take any form and be activated in a variety of ways They target soldiers and civilians alike In today’s conflicts, IEDs play an increasingly important role and will continue to be part of the operating environment for future NATO military operations NATO must remain prepared to counter IEDs in any
Improvised Explosive Devices, the war of the invisible bombs More than half the casualties among the NATO forces in Afghanistan in 2011 were caused by improvised explosive devices (IED)¹ This is also the case for one in three Afghans killed last year² In 2010, NATO adopted an action plan on counter-IED(C-IED) aimed at increasing the detection and neutralization of such devices, as well as the dismantling of the networks that manufacture them The
THE INTERNATIONAL CBRN TRAINING CURRICULUM Not all groups use CBRN agents : likelihood of their use is estimated in accordance with national risk assessment Distinguish between a conventional explosion, cyber or CBRN attack, improvised explosive devices (IED), radio frequency weapons (RF), laser, combinations of the above Simple mode of attack deployed in a novel way,
NATO and Iraq tackle deadly improvised explosive devices together For decades now, Iraq has been confronting the scourge of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) which kill and injure civilians A significant majority of IEDs in Iraq are manufactured from home-made explosives and explosive remnants of war, and used by terrorists as raw materials for improvised bombs and suicide attacks In the framework of its strategic partnership with Iraq, NATO is
How to keep ammunition out of the hands of terrorists - NATO A 2008 report by the United Nations Group of Governmental Experts on conventional ammunition noted that unsecured and poorly managed stockpiles allow the diversion of ammunition to illicit use This may constitute a source of supply for the construction of IEDs Ammunition diverted from national stockpiles can also find its way into civil wars, insurgencies, terrorism, crime and other armed
Improvised Explosive Devices Disposal and Search Capacity . . . - NATO Initiated in February 2016, it is part of NATO’s Defence Capacity Building (DCB) package for Iraq, which identifies Counter-Improvised Explosive Devices (C-IED), Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) and Demining as the most urgent requirements for Iraq