 Munitions rigged for an IED discovered by Iraqi police in Baghdad, November 2005. An improvised explosive device (IED, sometimes referred to as a roadside bomb) is a bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action. They may be partially comprised of conventional military explosives, such as an artillery round, attached to a detonating mechanism. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2724x1518, 3108 KB) Image: http://www. ...
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IEDs may be used in terrorist actions or in unconventional warfare by guerrillas or commando forces in a theater of operations. In the 2003–present Iraq War, IEDs have been used extensively against coalition forces.[1] They are also used extensively by cadres of the rebel Tamil Tiger (LTTE) organization against military and civilian targets in Sri Lanka.[2][3] This article is becoming very long. ...
Unconventional warfare (UW) is the opposite of conventional warfare. ...
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The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE, pronounced L-T-T), also known as the Tamil Tigers, is the main Tamil anti-government organization operating in Sri Lanka. ...
Background An IED is a bomb fabricated in an improvised manner incorporating destructive, lethal, noxious, pyrotechnic, or incendiary chemicals and designed to destroy or incapacitate personnel or vehicles. In some cases, IEDs are used to distract, disrupt, or delay an opposing force, facilitating another type of attack. IEDs may incorporate military or commercially-sourced explosives, and often combine both types, or they may otherwise be made with home made explosives (HME). The word pyrotechnic (literally meaning fire technology) refers to any chemical explosive device, but especially fireworks. ...
hey hey you no i rock at soccer cuz no i made the school team!! yay me aka katelyn ♥ Incendiary devices or incendiary bombs are bombs designed to start fires or destroy sensitive equipment using materials such as napalm, thermite, chlorine trifluoride, or white phosphorus. ...
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An IED typically consists of an explosive charge (potentially assisted by a booster charge), a detonator, and an initiation system, which is a mechanism that initiates the electrical charge that sets off the device. IEDs are extremely diverse in design, and may contain many types of initiators, detonators, and explosive loads. In some cases, IEDs also contain metal objects such as nails or ball bearings (known as shipyard confetti after the metal waste found in the shipyards of Belfast). IEDs are triggered by various methods, including remote control, infra-red or magnetic triggers, pressure-sensitive bars or trip wires. In some cases, multiple IEDs are wired together in a daisy-chain, to attack a convoy of vehicles spread out along a roadway. A detonator is a device used to trigger bombs, shaped charges and other forms of explosive material and explosive devices. ...
IEDs made by inexperienced designers or with substandard materials may fail to detonate, and in some cases actually detonate on either the maker or the emplacer of the device (these unintended early detonations are known as pre-detonations or "own goals" if the placer is killed in the detonation). However, some groups have been known to produce sophisticated devices that are constructed with components scavenged from conventional munitions and standard consumer electronics components, such as mobile phones, washing machine timers, pagers, or garage door openers. The sophistication of an IED depends on the training of the designer and the tools and materials available. A weapons cache is detonated at the East River Range on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan Detonation is a process of supersonic combustion in which a shock wave is propagated forward due to energy release in a reaction zone behind it. ...
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The majority of IEDs use conventional high-explosive charges as their explosive load. However, the threat exists that toxic chemical, biological, or radioactive (dirty bomb) material may be added to a device, thereby creating a host of other life-threatening effects beyond shrapnel, concussive blasts and fire normally associated with bombs. Preparing C-4 explosive This article is concerned solely with chemical explosives. ...
Chemical warfare is warfare (and associated military operations) using the toxic properties of chemical substances to kill, injure or incapacitate an enemy. ...
For the use of biological agents by terrorists, see bioterrorism. ...
The term dirty bomb is primarily used to refer to a radiological dispersal device (RDD), a radiological weapon which combines radioactive material with conventional explosives. ...
A vehicle borne IED, or VBIED, is a military term for a car bomb or truck bomb. These are typically employed by suicide bombers, and can carry a relatively large payload. They can also be detonated from a remote location. VBIEDs can create additional shrapnel through the destruction of the vehicle itself, as well as using vehicle fuel as an incendiary weapon. For other uses, see Car bomb (disambiguation). ...
A suicide bombing is a bomb attack on people or property, committed by a person who knows the explosion will cause his or her own death in addition to the attacks primary purpose (see suicide, suicide weapons). ...
An incendiary device is a device or weapon designed to create a fire. ...
Detecting and disarming an IED
 A U.S. Marine in Iraq shown with a robot used for disposal of buried devices Since these devices are improvised, there are no specific guidelines for Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) personnel to use to positively identify or categorize them. EOD personnel are trained in the rendering safe and disposal of IEDs. The presence of chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) material in an IED requires additional precautions. As with other missions, the EOD operator provides the area commander with an assessment of the situation and of support needed to complete the mission. Image File history File links IED_detonator. ...
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The Longest Walk: a British Army ATO approaches a suspect device in Northern Ireland. ...
Render Safe consists of proceedures, tools and methods to render an IED or Ordnance item incapable of high-order detonation. ...
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CBRN is an acronym used extensively by the UK security services and the UK emergency services. ...
Countermeasures Military forces and law enforcement personnel from around the world have developed a number of Render Safe Procedures (RSP) to deal with IEDs. RSPs may be developed as a result of direct experience with devices or by applied research designed to counter the threat. The claimed effectiveness of remote jamming systems, proven or otherwise, has caused IED technology to essentially regress to command-wire detonation methods. [4] These are physical connections between the detonator and explosive device and cannot be jammed. However, these types of IEDs are more difficult to emplace quickly, and more readily detected. Render Safe consists of proceedures, tools and methods to render an IED or Ordnance item incapable of high-order detonation. ...
Military forces from Canada, United Kingdom, Israel, Spain and the United States are at the forefront of counter-IED efforts, as all have direct experience in dealing with IEDs used against them in conflict or terrorist attacks.
Technological countermeasures are only part of the solution in the effort to defeat IEDs; experience, training and awareness remain key factors in combating them. For example, there are visual signs that may suggest the presence of an IED, such as recently turned-over soil or sand by a road, or an abandoned vehicle beside a road. Recognizing these telltale signs may be as valuable as having sophisticated detection equipment.
History
World War II One of the first examples of coordinated large-scale use of IEDs was the Belarusian Rail War launched by Belarusian guerillas against the Nazis during World War II. Both command-detonated and delayed-fuse IEDs were used to derail thousands of German trains during 1943–1944. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
Northern Ireland Throughout The Troubles, the Provisional IRA made extensive use of IEDs in their campaign against the British army. From simple petrol bombs (Molotov Cocktail) to sophisticated Barrack buster Mortar Bombs (The "Flying Carbomb") and remote controlled IEDs, the members of the PIRA developed and counter-developed devices and tactics. For other uses, see Troubles (disambiguation) and Trouble. ...
The Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) is a paramilitary group which aimed, through the use of violence, to achieve three goals: (i) British withdrawal from Ireland, (ii) the political unification of Ireland through the merger of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland , and (iii) the creation of an all...
From 1969 until 1997, the Provisional Irish Republican Armyconducted an armed campaign in Northern Ireland aimed at overthrowing British rule there and creating a united Ireland. ...
The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ...
Molotov cocktail is the generic name for a variety of crude incendiary weapons. ...
Barrack buster is the colloquial name given to several improvised mortars, developed in the 1990s by the engineering group of the Provisional Irish Republican Army. ...
Roadside bombs were extensively used by the Provisional IRA. Typically, a roadside bomb was placed in a drain or culvert along a rural road and exploded by remote control when British Army or other security forces vehicles were passing. The most lethal example of these attacks came in 1979, when 18 British soldiers were killed by two culvert bombs in the Warrenpoint ambush. As a result of the use of these bombs, the British military had to stop transport by road in areas such as South Armagh, and use helicopter transport instead. In the 1980s and 1990s, all culverts were welded and concreted shut, so that explosives could not be placed in them. The Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) is a paramilitary group which aimed, through the use of violence, to achieve three goals: (i) British withdrawal from Ireland, (ii) the political unification of Ireland through the merger of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland , and (iii) the creation of an all...
The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ...
The Warrenpoint ambush, also known as the Narrow Water attack or the Warrenpoint massacre,[1] on 27 August 1979 was a guerrilla action by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) that resulted in the British Armys greatest loss of life in a single incident during the Troubles in Northern...
Most IEDs used commercial or homemade explosives, although the use of Semtex H smuggled in from Libya in the 1980s was also common from the mid 1980s onwards. Bomb Disposal teams from 321 EOD manned by Ammunition Technicians were deployed in those areas to deal with the IED threat. Semtex is a general-purpose plastic explosive. ...
A unit of the Royal Logistics Corps responsible for IEDD duties in Northern Ireland. ...
An Ammunition Technician (AT) is a British Army soldier trained to inspect, repair, test and modify all ammunition and explosives used by the British Army. ...
In the early 1970s, at the height of the PIRA campaign, the British Army unit tasked with rendering safe IEDs, 321 EOD, sustained significant casualties while engaged in bomb disposal operations. This mortality rate was far higher than other high risk occupations such as deep sea diving, and a careful review was made of how men were selected for EOD operations. The review recommended bringing in psychometric testing of soldiers to ensure those chosen had the correct mental preparation for high risk bomb disposal duties. A unit of the Royal Logistics Corps responsible for IEDD duties in Northern Ireland. ...
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The IRA came up with ever more sophisticated designs and deployments of IEDs. Booby Trap or Victim Operated IEDs (VOIEDs), were commonplace. The IRA engaged in an ongoing battle to gain the upper hand in electronic warfare with remote controlled devices. The rapid changes in development led 321 EOD to employ specialists from DERA, the Royal Signals, and Military Intelligence. This multi-unit approach led to the development and use of most of the modern weapons, equipment and techniques now used by EOD Operators throughout the rest of the world. This article is about an antipersonnel trap designed for use against humans. ...
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The Royal Corps of Signals (sometimes referred to incorrectly as the Royal Signal Corps and often known simply as the Royal Signals or R Sigs) is one of the arms (combat support corps) of the British Army. ...
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The bomb disposal operations were led by Ammunition Technicians and Ammunition Technical Officer from 321 EOD, and were trained at the Felix Centre at the Army School of Ammunition. To this day the Felix Centre is the foremost authority on IEDD in the world. The Longest Walk: a British Army ATO approaches a suspect device in Northern Ireland. ...
An Ammunition Technician (AT) is a British Army soldier trained to inspect, repair, test and modify all ammunition and explosives used by the British Army. ...
An Ammunition Technical Officer (ATO) is an officer of the British Army involved in bomb disposal. ...
A unit of the Royal Logistics Corps responsible for IEDD duties in Northern Ireland. ...
The Army School of Ammunition is the main training shool for Ammunition Technicians and Ammunition Technical Officers in the British Army. ...
The Army School of Ammunition is the main training shool for Ammunition Technicians and Ammunition Technical Officers in the British Army. ...
The Army School of Ammunition is the main training shool for Ammunition Technicians and Ammunition Technical Officers in the British Army. ...
Improvised Explosive Device Disposal (IEDD) is the British Army term for bomb disposal. ...
Vietnam IEDs were used during the Vietnam War by the Viet Cong against land- and river-borne vehicles as well as personnel.[5] They were commonly constructed using materials from unexploded American ordnance.[6] 33 percent of U.S. casualties in Vietnam and 28 percent of deaths were officially attributed to mines; these figures include losses caused by both IEDs and commercially manufactured mines.[7] Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000...
A Viet Cong soldier, heavily guarded, awaits interrogation following capture in the attacks on Saigon during the festive Tet holiday period of 1968. ...
Unexploded ordnance (or UXOs/UXBs) are explosive weapons (bombs, shells, grenades, land mines, naval mines, etc. ...
The Grenade in a Can was a simple and effective booby trap. A hand grenade with the safety pin removed and safety lever compressed was placed into a container such as a tin can, with a length of string or tripwire attached to the grenade. The can was fixed in place and the other end of the string stretched across a path or doorway opening and firmly tied down. Alternatively, the end of the string could be attached to the moving portion of a door or gate. When the grenade was pulled out of the can by a person or vehicle placing tension on the string, the spring-loaded safety lever would release and the grenade would explode. Viet Cong forces would place grenades (with the pin pulled) in empty food cans that had been discarded by American forces, as a cheap booby trap for the resourceful Viet Cong. This article is about an antipersonnel trap designed for use against humans. ...
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The rubber band grenade was another booby trap. To make this device, a Viet Cong guerilla would wrap a strong rubber band around the spring-loaded safety lever of a hand grenade and remove the pin. The grenade was then hidden in a hut. American and South Vietnamese soldiers would burn huts regularly to prevent them from being inhabited again, or to expose foxholes and tunnel entrances, which were frequently concealed within these structures. When a hut with the booby trap was torched, the rubber band on the grenade would melt, releasing the safety lever and blowing up the hut. This would often wound the soldiers with burning bamboo and metal fragments. This booby trap was also used to destroy vehicles when the modified grenade was placed in the fuel tank. The device would be triggered when the rubber band would be eaten away by the chemical action of the fuel, releasing the safety lever and detonating the grenade. Five rubber bands A rubber band (in some regions known as a binder, elastic band, lacker band or gumband in Pittsburgh, as well as some parts of Australia) is a short length of rubber and latex formed in the shape of a loop. ...
Anthem Thanh niên Hà nh Khúc (Call to the Citizens) Capital Saigon Language(s) Vietnamese Government Republic Last President¹ Duong Van Minh Last Prime minister Vu Van Mau Historical era Cold War - Regime change June 14, 1955 - Dissolution April 30, 1975 Area - 1973 173,809 km² 67,108...
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Another interesting hand grenade variant was the mason jar grenade. The safety pin of hand grenades would be pulled and the grenades would be placed in glass ball mason jars which would hold back the safety lever. The safety lever would release upon the shattering of the mason jar and the grenade would detonate. This particular variant was popular with chopper crews, which would use them as improvised anti-personnel cluster bombs during air raids. They were easy to dump out of the flight door over a target and the thick Ball Mason glass was resistant to premature shattering.
Afghanistan Following the invasion of Afghanistan by the USSR on 27 December 1979, the Afghan Mujahideen were supplied with large quantities of military supplies from many Muslim states and from the United States. Among those supplies were many types of anti-tank mines. The Afghan Mujahideen often removed the explosives from several foreign anti-tank mines, and combined the explosives in tin cooking-oil cans for a more powerful blast. Often the foreign anti-tank mines were enclosed in plastic containers, making them difficult to detect. By combining the explosives from several mines and placing them in tin-cans, the Afghan Mujahideen made them easier to detect. After an IED was exploded, the Afghan Mujahideen often used direct fire weapons such as machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades to continue the attack. A Soviet soldier on guard in Afghanistan in 1988. ...
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Mujahideen (Arabic: , ; Turkish: , literally strugglers) is a term for Muslims fighting in a war or involved in any other struggle. ...
There is also a collection of Hadith called Sahih Muslim A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Persian: Mosalman or Mosalmon Urdu: مسلمان, Turkish: Müslüman, Albanian: Mysliman, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of the religion of Islam. ...
An Anti-tank mine, or AT mine is similar to a Landmine except generally designed with a less sensitive trigger and more explosive power so as to be able to take out an armored vehicle, and not go off until such a vehicle comes along. ...
Afghan Mujahideen operating far from the border with Pakistan did not have a ready supply of foreign anti-tank mines. They preferred to make mines from Soviet unexploded ordnance. The anti-tank mines were rarely triggered by pressure fuses. They were almost always remotely detonated. Since the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan, the Taliban and its supporters have used IEDs against American, ISAF, and Afghan military and civilian vehicles. While the number of such attacks has been far lower than those in Iraq, the number has been steadily increasing. Combatants Taliban al-Qaeda IMU Hezbi Islami Afghanistan Northern Alliance United Nations NATO ISAF Commanders Mohammed Omar Obaidullah Akhund # Dadullah Jalaluddin Haqqani Osama bin Laden Ayman al-Zawahiri Mohammad Atef Juma Namangani Gulbuddin Hekmatyar Bismillah Khan Mohammed Fahim Abdul Rashid Dostum William J. Fallon Bantz J. Craddock Egon Ramms Dan...
The Taliban (Pashto: , also anglicized as Taleban) are an extremist fundamentalist Sunni Muslim and ethnic Pashtun movement that ruled most of Afghanistan from 1995 until 2001, when their leaders were removed from power by a cooperative military effort between the United States and the Northern Alliance. ...
Logo of ISAF. Persian writing: کمک و همکاری (Komak va Hamkari) means Help and Cooperation. International Security Assistance Force (10) (ISAF) is an international military force in Afghanistan led by NATO and consisting of about 32,000 personnel from 37 nations as of October 5, 2006. ...
Lebanon Hezbollah made extensive use of IEDs to attack Israeli forces after Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon. Israel withdrew from most of Lebanon in 1985 but still kept troops stationed in a buffer zone in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah frequently used IEDs to attack Israeli vehicles in this area up until the Israeli withdrawal in May 2000. For other uses, see Hezbollah (disambiguation). ...
The 1982 Invasion of Lebanon, dubbed Operation Peace for Galilee (Shlom HaGalil in Hebrew), began June 6, 1982, when the Israel Defence Force invaded southern Lebanon purportedly in response to the Abu Nidal organizations assassination attempt against Israels ambassador to the United Kingdom, Shlomo Argov, and to halt...
Buffer Zone is one of the neighborhoods of North Nazimabad Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. ...
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One such bomb killed Israeli Brigadier General Erez Gerstein on February 28, 1999, the highest-ranking Israeli to die in Lebanon since Yekutiel Adam's death in 1982. A Brigadier General, or one-star general, is the lowest rank of general officer in the United States and some other countries, ranking just above Colonel and just below Major General. ...
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Yekutiel Kuti Adam (November 3, 1927 - June 10, 1982) was an Israeli general, former deputy chief of staff of the Israeli Defence Forces. ...
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Also in the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict, a Merkava Mark II tank was hit by a Hezbollah IED killing all 4 IDF servicemen on board, the first of two IEDs damaging a Merkava tank. Combatants Hezbollah Amal LCP Israel Commanders Hassan Nasrallah (Secretary General of Hezbollah) Imad Mughniyeh (Commander of Hezbollahs armed wing)[5] Dan Halutz (CoS) Moshe Kaplinsky[12] Udi Adam (Regional) Strength 600-1,000 active fighters 3,000-10,000 reservists[6] 30,000 ground troops (plus IAF & ISC)[13...
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// The Merkava (Hebrew: , Chariot) is the main battle tank of the Israel Defense Forces. ...
Chechnya IEDs have also been popular in Chechnya, where Russian forces are currently engaged in fighting with rebels. While no concrete statistics are available on this matter, bombs have accounted for many Russian deaths in both the First Chechen War (1994–1996) and the Second (1999–present). The Chechen Republic (IPA: ; Russian: , Chechenskaya Respublika; Chechen: , Noxçiyn Respublika), or, informally, Chechnya (; Russian: ; Chechen: , Noxçiyçö), sometimes referred to as Ichkeria, Chechnia, Chechenia or Noxçiyn, is a federal subject of Russia. ...
Combatants Russian Federation Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Commanders Pavel Grachev Anatoly Kulikov Konstantin Pulikovsky Anatoliy Romanov Vyacheslav Tikhomirov Gennady Troshev Dzhokhar Dudayev †Aslan Maskhadov Strength (December 11, 1994) Up to 50,000 soldiers and Interior Ministry (MVD) (December 11, 1994) 3,000 to 15,000[1] Casualties Military: At least...
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Combatants Russian Federation Pro-Russian Chechens Republic of Ichkeria Caucasian insurgents and foreign fighters Commanders Vladimir Putin Akhmad Kadyrov†Ramzan Kadyrov Aslan Maskhadov†Abdul Halim Sadulayev†Doku Umarov Shamil Basayev†Strength At least 93,000 in Chechnya in 1999. ...
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 Controlled explosion of IED, US Army in Iraq. Beginning in July 2003, the Iraqi insurgency used IEDs to target Coalition vehicles. According to iCasualties.org, 38.6 percent of American casualties in the Iraq War were caused by IEDs.[8] Insurgents now use the bombs to target not only Coalition vehicles, but Iraqi police and civilian transportation as well. Image File history File links Current_event_marker. ...
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Common locations for placing these bombs on the ground include animal carcasses, soft drink cans, and boxes. Typically they explode underneath or to the side of the vehicle to cause the maximum amount of damage. However, as vehicle armor was improved on military vehicles, insurgents began placing IEDs in elevated positions such as on road signs, utility poles, or trees, in order to hit less protected areas. For other uses, see Animal (disambiguation). ...
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A destroyed M113 armoured personnel carrier show a section of the armour. ...
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IEDs in Iraq may be made with artillery or mortar shells or with varying amounts of bulk or homemade explosives. For other uses, see Artillery (disambiguation). ...
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Despite the increased armor, IEDs have been killing soldiers with greater frequency. May 2007 was the deadliest month for IED attacks thus far with a reported 89 of the 129 Coalition casualties coming from an IED attack.[9] According to the Pentagon, 250,000 tons (of 650,000 tons total) of Iraqi ordnance were looted, providing a large supply of ammunition for the insurgents.[10] Armor or armour (see spelling differences) is protective clothing intended to defend its wearer from intentional harm in combat and military engagements, typically associated with soldiers. ...
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In October 2005, The UK government charged that Iran was supplying insurgents with the technological know-how to make shaped charges, which focus the blast in a specific direction, and can pierce greater thicknesses of armor with less explosive.[11] Iran has denied this.[12][13] Sectioned HEAT round with the inner shaped charge visible A shaped charge is an explosive charge shaped to focus the effect of the explosives energy. ...
Types
Car Bomb/Vehicle-borne IEDs Vehicles may be laden with explosives, set to explode by remote control or by a passenger/driver, commonly known as a car bomb or VBIED pronounced vee-bid. On occasion the driver of the car bomb may have been coerced into delivery of the vehicle under duress, a situation known as a Proxy Bomb. Distinguishing markings are low-riding vehicles from excessive weight, vehicles with only one passanger, and where interior of the vehicles look like they have been stripped down and built back up. Car bombs can carry thousands of pounds of explosives and may be augmented with Shipyard Confetti to increase fragmentation. A car bomb is a bomb that is placed in a car or truck and is intended to be exploded while there. ...
The Proxy Bomb (also known as a human bomb) was a tactic used by the Provisional IRA for a short time in 1990s, whereby people were forced to drive car bombs into military targets. ...
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Suicide bombers Suicide bombing usually refers to an individual wearing explosives and detonates them in order to kill others including themselves. The bomber will conceal explosive on and around their person, commonly using a vest and will use a timer or some other trigger to detonate the explosives. Suicide bombers in Iraq are common in marketplaces and where Iraqi army and police recruits frequent.
Platter charges A form of IEDs being used in Iraq are platter charges, which are rectangular or circular pieces of flat metal (usually steel) weighing a few kilograms with plastic explosives pressed onto one side of the platter.[14] The amount of explosive used is usually equal, by weight, to the weight of the platter. The explosives propel the platter into the target with an approximate velocity of 6,000 feet per second (1,829 m/s).[15] The effective range can be as far as 50 meters, limited by the accuracy.
EFPs IEDs have been deployed in the form of Explosively Formed Penetrators, a special type of shaped charge that is effective at long standoffs from the target (50 meters or more). These are especially problematic to counter because they can be placed so far from their intended targets.[16] An EFP is essentially a cylindrical shaped charge with a concave metal disc (often copper) in front, pointed outwards. The force of the shaped charge turns the disc into a bolt of metal, capable of penetrating the armor of most vehicles in Iraq. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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An explosively formed penetrator (EFP), self forging warhead or self forging fragment is a special type of shaped charge that is designed to penetrate effectively at long standoff (distance from the charge). ...
Trigger mechanisms The British also accused Iran and Hezbollah of teaching Iraqi fighters to use infrared light beams to trigger IEDs. As the occupation forces become more sophisticated in interrupting radio signals around their convoys, the insurgents adapt their triggering methods.[[1]]In some cases, when a more advanced method is disrupted, the insurgents will regress to using uninterruptable means, such as hard lines from the IED to detonator. However, this method is much harder to effectively conceal. It later emerged however, that these advanced IED's were old IRA technology. The infra-red beam method was perfected by the IRA in the early 90's after it acquired the technology from a botched undercover British Army operation. Many of the IED's being used against coalition forces in Iraq were originally developed by the British Army who unintentionally passed the information on to the IRA. [[2]] For other uses, see Hezbollah (disambiguation). ...
Image of two girls in mid-infrared (thermal) light (false-color) Infrared (IR) radiation is electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength longer than that of visible light, but shorter than that of radio waves. ...
The Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) is a paramilitary group which aimed, through the use of violence, to achieve three goals: (i) British withdrawal from Ireland, (ii) the political unification of Ireland through the merger of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland , and (iii) the creation of an all...
See also The following is a list of Terrorist attacks carried out by the LTTE, a seperatist group fighting for a separate Tamil state in the North and East of Sri Lanka. ...
Blast fishing or dynamite fishing describes the practice of using dynamite, homemade bombs or other explosives to stun or kill schools of fish for easy collection. ...
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A mailbomb (or mail bomb), also called parcel bomb or letter bomb, is an explosive device sent via the postal service, and designed to explode when opened, injuring or killing the recipient, usually someone the sender has a personal grudge against, or more indiscriminately as part of a terrorist campaign. ...
Blast bomb is a term used in Northern Ireland for a type of improvised explosive device. ...
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A nail bomb is an anti-personnel explosive device packed with nails to increase its destructive power. ...
A suicide bombing is an attack using a bomb in which the individual(s) carrying the explosive materials composing the bomb intend(s) and expect(s) to die upon detonation (see suicide). ...
This article is about an antipersonnel trap designed for use against humans. ...
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A radiological weapon (or radiological dispersion device, RDD) is any weapon that is designed to spread radioactive material with the intent to kill, and cause disruption upon a city or nation. ...
Molotov cocktail is the generic name for a variety of crude incendiary weapons. ...
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