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…
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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…
The Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO)
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…
Niger Delta waterborne terror attack
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…