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Improvised Explosive Devices And The International Mine Action Standards, Guy Rhodes
Improvised Explosive Devices And The International Mine Action Standards, Guy Rhodes
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Improvised explosive devices (IED) are not new in mine action; they have contributed to explosive ordnance contamination in post-conflict settings since the advent of humanitarian demining almost 30 years ago.
What is new is that the systematic deployment of IEDs by armed groups is occurring today on a greater scale. The prevalence of use of these weapons by highly visible groups such as the Islamic State has accentuated the profile of IEDs even further. In addition, a large proportion of the IEDs deployed are victim-operated (VOIED) and contribute to a new landmine emergency characterized by a systematic production, standardization of …
Quality Management And Standards For Humanitarian Improvised Explosive Device (Hied) Response Activities, Robert Keeley
Quality Management And Standards For Humanitarian Improvised Explosive Device (Hied) Response Activities, Robert Keeley
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
There is an ongoing debate about the need for standards for improvised explosive device (IED) activities. The emergence of civilian IED response follows the development of humanitarian mine action (HMA) in many ways. In particular, the problems of defining contractual targets and norms were problematic in the early days of HMA, when, as for the IED response today, money has started to change hands for services rendered. It is the premise of this editorial that the need for humanitarian IED (HIED) response standards derives from the contractual nature of the relationship between the client and the service provider. Therefore, if …
The Journal Of Conventional Weapons Destruction Issue 21.3 (2017), Cisr Jmu
The Journal Of Conventional Weapons Destruction Issue 21.3 (2017), Cisr Jmu
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Editorial: IEDs and IMAS
Feature: Physical Security and Stockpile Management
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Field Notes
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