
Topic: Improvised explosive devices - NATO
2018年12月12日 · 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: Lutte contre les engins explosifs improvisés
2021年2月9日 · The C-IED COE in Madrid, Spain offers multinational courses for C-IED experts to help countries counter, reduce and eliminate threats from IEDs. The Centre can also provide a wide range of subject-matter experts to train and educate national and international forces to conduct C-IED operations.
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 ...
NATO - Topic: Countering terrorism
2024年7月25日 · Countering improvised explosive devices (C-IED) NATO must remain prepared to counter improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in any land or maritime operation involving asymmetrical threats, in which force protection will remain a paramount priority. Several NATO bodies are leading the Alliance’s efforts on countering IEDs, including the Counter ...
NATO - Topic: Centres of Excellence
2025年1月15日 · Counter-Improvised Explosive Devices (C-IED) COE. Location: Madrid, Spain. Expertise: enhancing the capabilities needed to counter, reduce and eliminate threats from improvised explosive devices (IEDs) by offering multinational courses for C-IED experts. Framework Nation: Spain. Accreditation: 2010
SPS - Key Priorities - NATO
Solutions to Counter Improvised Explosive Devices (C-IED); Defence against terrorism misuse of technology, for example Countering Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS); Human factors in the defence against terrorism, including Preventing/Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE);
Chemical improvised explosive devices: responding to the threat
Conventional IEDs are combined with highly toxic chemicals (Ch-IED), biological materials (B-IED) or radioactive materials (R-IED) – better known as “dirty bombs”. Ch-IEDs, sometimes using chemical warfare agents (CWA), are designed to amplify the devastating effect of a classic IED, dispersing harmful and even lethal materials that cause ...
NATO - News: NATO trains Egyptian experts in improvised …
Fifteen experts from the Egyptian Armed Forces took part in a training from 13 to 23 November 2017 at the Counter-Improvised Explosive Device (C-IED) Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Madrid, Spain. Participants enhanced their skills in collecting, assessing and disseminating information and intelligence on improvised explosive devices that kill both soldiers and civilians.
Defence and Related Security Capacity Building Initiative
2024年5月29日 · The DCB package currently encompasses the initiatives of border security, building integrity, civil preparedness and crisis management, C-IED, cyber defence, English language capacity development, information protection and security, logistics systems, military exercises, personnel management, and Special Operations Forces.
NATO - Topic: Relations with Iraq
2024年10月24日 · In 2016, 350 Iraqi officers were trained at the King Abdullah Special Operations Training Center in Jordan in the immediate priority areas of C-IED, military medicine and civil-military planning. Beginning with mobile expert team visits to Iraq in February 2016, NATO has also provided advice to Iraqi authorities on security sector reform.