Countering Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) 2013

Key Topics

threats from improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in civilian and military arenas, including:

• The latest terrorist and insurgent techniques, tactics & procedures (TTPs)
• Emerging conflict areas
• How terrorists obtain weapons and expertise
• Attack case histories
• Improvised CBRN devices
• Supply chains for IEDs

and procedures and practices in counter-IED and EOD (explosives ordnance disposal), including:

• Priorities for training
• Equipment for EOD
• The role of weapons intelligence units and forensics in apprehending and convicting terrorist bomb makers
• Breaking the supply chains – ‘Shoot the Archer not the Arrow’