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Unexploded ordnance (UXO, sometimes abbreviated as UO) and unexploded bombs (UXBs) are explosive weapons (bombs, shells, grenades, land mines, naval mines, cluster munition, and other munitions) that did not explode when they were deployed and remain at detonative risk, sometimes many decades after they were used or discarded.
Demining includes mine clearance (actual removal and destruction of landmines/UXO from the ground), as well as surveying, mapping and marking of hazardous areas. The broader realm of mine action also includes advocacy, victim assistance, antipersonnel mine stockpile destruction, mine risk education and research. The aim is to clear land so that ...
Examples of these are land release concepts that are tailored toward individual countries and that address a requirement for national policy, as well as operational concepts. The Centre also assists countries and organisations in the implementation of new and more efficient land release concepts. Information management: Mine action relies on ...
Casualties increased significantly in the first six months of 2004, with 30 new mine/UXO casualties recorded; eleven people were killed and nineteen injured, including three children. New landmine and UXO casualties had been decreasing since the ceasefire in 1994. In 1995, there were 86 casualties, 64 in 1996, 25 in 1997, 16 in 1998, and 30 in ...
Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) in the United States Army is the specialization responsible for detecting, identifying, evaluating, rendering safe, exploiting, and disposing of conventional, improvised, and chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) explosive ordnance.
At least two dozen United Airlines employees fell ill after eating company-provided meals at Denver International Airport on Christmas Day.. Twenty-four employees reported symptoms “consistent ...
A radio-controlled IED (RCIED) incorporating a mobile phone that is modified and connected to an electrical firing circuit. Mobile phones operate in the UHF band in line of sight with base transceiver station (BTS) antennae sites. In the common scenario, receipt of a paging signal by phone is sufficient to initiate the IED firing circuit.
From October 2012 to December 2012, if you bought shares in companies when Patrick T. Siewert joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a -4.6 percent return on your investment, compared to a 0.9 percent return from the S&P 500.