An improvised explosive device 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 sh
Artillery shells rigged for an IED, discovered in Baghdad by the Iraqi Police (November 2005).
A modified gas cylinder, packed with explosive and pieces of rebar used as shrapnel, dissected for display.
Artillery shells and gasoline cans discovered in the back of a pick-up truck in Iraq.
Bomb disposal is an explosives engineering profession using the process by which hazardous explosive devices are disabled or otherwise rendered safe. Bomb disposal is an all-encompassing term to descr
Pittsburgh Police using a bomb disposal robot to examine a potential bomb during the 2010 Pittsburgh Marathon
A British NCO preparing to dispose of an unexploded bomb during the First World War
A bomb disposal team in 1940
"The long walk": A British Army ATO approaches a suspect device in Northern Ireland.