The Provisional IRA was almost certainly a world leader in terms of Improvised Explosive Device (IED) use and development. It pioneered the development of secondary devices within an IED, as well as the development of radio and remote trigger signals.

An improvised explosive device (IED) is a bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action. It may be constructed of conventional military explosives, such as an artillery shell, attached to a detonating mechanism. IEDs are commonly used as roadside bombs, or homemade bombs.

2008年12月11日 · In contrast, the improvised explosive devices (IEDs) we've seen in these al-Qaeda-affiliate attacks in Britain have been rather crude. Is that because they lack the sort of hands-on training that...

2007年11月14日 · This two-part paper has discussed the reasons why terrorist groupings carry out bomb attacks and why they often improvise. A definition of an IED has been provided and mention has been made of the IED engineering department …

2007年11月14日 · According to Dobson and Payne, in 1985 "the British Army estimated the PIRA [Provisional IRA] relied on only four or five master explosive experts."1 What is an IED? What factors influence IED design and deployment? Who is involved with the development, production and subsequent deployment of an IED?

2015年1月8日 · In Vietnam, IEDs caused a third of all American casualties, and in Northern Ireland, the Provisional IRA made wide use of the devices. What’s unusual now is the extent to which they have become...

2016年4月19日 · This article provides empirical insight into this strategy by conducting a series of negative binomial regression and Tobit estimations of the impact of killing Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) terrorists as well as members of the Catholic community on counts of PIRA bombings and targeting activity in Northern Ireland for the period ...

2024年12月13日 · The IRA and Urban IED Use: In the 1970s and 1980s, the Irish Republican Army (IRA) became infamous for its use of IEDs in urban environments, targeting both military and civilian infrastructure. Modern Conflicts : The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan saw IEDs elevated to a principal weapon of insurgents.

2024年3月2日 · What are IEDs? The term “improvised explosive device” originated in the 1970s from the British army, particularly in response to the tactics employed by the Irish Republican Army (IRA). The term “IED” gained common usage during the United States’ Iraq invasion in 2003. IEDs are homemade explosives used by criminals, terrorists, and ...

He analyses where, how, and why the IRA's 19,000 bombs were built, targeted and deployed and explores what the IRA was hoping to accomplish in its unrivalled campaign of violence and insurgency through covert acquisition, training, intelligence and counter-intelligence."