A video released by the IDF shows captured Hamas weapons from the October 7 terrorist attack in Israel. Explosively formed penetrator IEDs, Iranian-engineered weapons, were spotted in the cache. EFPs ...

The deaths of six more U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan made for another record month of troop deaths and brought new attention on the dangers of roadside bombs known as IEDs. Ray Suarez speaks with ...

Brian Castner arguably had one of the most nerve-wracking jobs in the U.S. military. He commanded two Explosive Ordnance Disposal units in Iraq, where his team disabled roadside IEDs, investigated the ...

Defense Secretary Robert Gates has established a new task force to move new techniques and technologies for combating improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan more quickly to the front lines, ...

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They claimed thousands of lives, dismembered soldiers, derailed advancing attacks and destroyed combat vehicles under enemy fire all while U.S. soldiers searched for and attacked violent insurgents.