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3 April 2012. El Fasher: Abdurrahim Ahmed Mohamed (12 years old) is pictured in his house in Al Salam camp for displaced persons with his mother Zakia Idris Abdalla and his little brother Mohammed.
Abdurrahim lost his right hand and the sight on his left eye due to a detonation of an unexploded ordnance (UXO).
It happened in 2008 in Kabkabiya, his original village, when Abdurrahim and his friends found the UXO near his house. They started playing with it until it detonated.
Abdurrahim, who wants to become a doctor, is still struggling to learn how to write with his left hand.
UXOs are explosive weapons (bombs, bullets, shells, grenades, land mines, naval mines, etc.) that did not explode when they were employed and still pose a risk of detonation, potentially many decades after they were used or discarded.
Tomorrow, 4th April, is the International Day of Mine Awareness. In Darfur, as a consequence of the ongoing conflict, UXOs is one of the main problems for the civilians, specially children. Hundreds of them have been mutilated.
Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID, www.albertgonzalez.net
Explosive charges detonate during an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) demonstration conducted by the 116th Civil Engineering Squadron (CES) explosive ordnance unit at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., Sept. 19, 2012. During the demonstration, EOD technicians from the 116th CES set off several explosive charges downrange while explaining the process to local media that attended the event. (National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Roger Parsons/Released)
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Using an old Tamiya military miniature I found while looking through my collection. I decided to make a small diorama utilizing a vintage grenade canister I had in my storage. The fence is used to separate a scene of ugly destruction, from one of green serenity (the side you can't see here).
Laboratory 1, part of the AWRE phase of Orford Ness.
Day trip to Orford Ness and Orford Castle
Orford Ness is a vegetated shingle spit, approximately 10 miles long; it is separated from the medieval port of Orford by the River Alde.
Prior to the C20 Orford Ness was a rarely visited place; the main economic activity was animal grazing on reclaimed marsh land. In 1915 the Armament and Experimental Flight of the Royal Flying Corps (later known formally as the Aircraft Armament and Gunnery Experimental Establishment) established a flying field on King’s Marshes to the west of the ditch, now known as the Airfield Marshes, serviced by a range of ancillary buildings arranged along a single track known since 1993 as ‘The Street’, on which ran a narrow-gauge light railway which led back to the jetty. Its main areas of investigation were the evaluation and suitability of aircraft, machine guns and gun sights, bomb sights, night flying and navigation, and a huge range of research projects to solve technical difficulties encountered in action. From 1924 the airfield was re-occupied as a satellite station of the Airplane and Armament Experimental Establishment based at Martlesham Heath. During their tenure, a number of structures were constructed on Orford Beach. Due to its remoteness one of the main activities at Orford Ness was the investigation of bomb ballistics; the study of the flight of objects moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity. Other experimental work continued into the inter-war period on Orford Ness. In 1935, a small experimental radar team arrived and conducted experiments that were critical in proving the value of this technology, turning the theory into a practical air defence system. Between 1953 and 1971, the spit was occupied by the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment. Its primary task was environmental testing to simulate the conditions that nuclear weapons and their components might experience during trials and in service use. Here science and high politics merged, with investigations that were crucial to the credibility of the United Kingdom’s nuclear deterrent forces, the cornerstone of Cold War defence policy...
...With the introduction of the WE177 and the Polaris system, there was relatively little new work in prospect and in April 1969 the decision was announced to close Orford Ness and to move many of its functions to Aldermaston. The last trial took place on 9 June 1971and the establishment closed on Friday 1 October 1971. On 24 July 1972 Orford Ness formally passed from AWRE to No.2 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit of the RAF. In the following decades they worked to clear the range of unexploded munitions and brought other munitions on to the spit for destruction. This work ceased about 1986, although many unexploded munitions still remain on Orford Ness, and some limited work may have carried on here until the early 1990s. Following negotiations with the Ministry of Defence, the National Trust acquired Orford Ness in 1993.
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Erikku-kun as El Fuerte and Kanzer as D.Dark from Super Street Fighter IV andn Streer Fighter EX2.
Photo: www.josemanchado.es
Most of the buildings on the site were used to store ammunitions etc from the Royal Navy ships, in one of the buildings this chalk board was used to record what was being held in the building.
ARABIAN GULF (Nov. 9, 2014) Danish explosive ordnance disposal divers and U.S. explosive ordnance disposal technicians assigned to Commander, Task Group 56.1 prepare to conduct a scuba dive off the coast of Bahrain during the International Mine Countermeasures Exercise (IMCMEX). With a quarter of the world’s navies participating, including 6,500 Sailors from every region, IMCMEX is the largest international naval exercise promoting maritime security and the free-flow of trade through mine countermeasure operations, maritime security operations and maritime infrastructure protection in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility and throughout the world. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael Scichilone/Released)
Explosion on January, 3, 2009 at 7:30 a.m, local time from MVO. The plume reached an elevation of 12 km a.s.l.
Kenyan soldiers listen to Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Mobile Units 6 and 8, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, exchange best practices on how to properly sore munitions at the Humanitarian Peace Support School in Nairobi, Kenya, Jan. 16, 2013. The Humanitarian Mine Action training helps develop the Kenyan military's EOD program, which supports CJTF-HOA's mission of strengthening the institutional capabilities of East African partner nation militaries. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Devin Doskey/Released)
SANTA RITA, Guam (July 1, 2010) Construction Mechanic Constructionman Michael Denham, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5, works on a vehicle at the command compound at U.S. Naval Base Guam. (U.S. Navy photo by Oyaol Ngirairikl/Released)
070519-N-9706M-004 A robot belonging to the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization carries the United States Flag during the 48th Annual City of Torrance Armed Forces Day Parade May 19.
WASHINGTON - Members from Amtrak police, Transportation Security Administration and local law enforcement agencies participate in Operation RAILSAFE at Washington, D.C.'s Union Station, Sept. 3, 2015. During Operation RAILSAFE counterterrorism assets conducted explosive detection sweeps, random bag inspections and patrols by TSA's Visible Intermodal Protection and Response teams during high volume travel days to highlight passenger rail systems security. Official DHS photo by Barry Bahler.
Timberline on Mt Hood, south side. I was standing on the edge of a large ravine that starts around the timberline area at the base of the mountain and declines down the valley. Timberline Lodge, a National Historic Landmark, is just outside of the photo on the left hand side. You can see the view behind me in the image below.
Mount Hood, called Wy'east by the Multnomah Native American tribe, is a 11,249 feet (3,429 m) stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc of northern Oregon. It was formed by a subduction zone and rests in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located about 50 miles (80 km) east-southeast of Portland, on the border between Clackamas and Hood River counties. Mount Hood is part of the Mount Hood National Forest, which has 1.067 million acres (1667 sq mi/4318 km²), four designated wilderness areas which total 189,200 acres (295.6 sq mi; 766 km2) and more than 1,200 miles (1,900 km) of hiking trails.
The peak is home to twelve glaciers. It is the highest point in Oregon and the fourth-highest in the Cascade Range. Mount Hood is considered the Oregon volcano most likely to erupt, though based on its history, an explosive eruption is unlikely. Still, the odds of an eruption in the next 30 years are estimated at between 3 and 7 percent,so the USGS characterizes it as "potentially active", but the mountain is informally considered dormant.
The mountain has six ski areas: Timberline, Mount Hood Meadows, Ski Bowl, Cooper Spur, Snow Bunny, and Summit. They total over 4,600 acres (7.2 sq mi; 18.6 km2) of skiable terrain; Timberline offers the only year-round lift-served skiing in North America.
The mountain was given its present name on October 29, 1792 by Lt. William Broughton, a member of Captain George Vancouver's discovery expedition. Lt. Broughton observed its peak while at Belle Vue Point of what is now called Sauvie Island during his travels up the Columbia River, Lt. Broughton named the mountain after a British admiral, Samuel Hood.
PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 5, 2014) Navy Divers, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 11 (EODMU11), Mobile Dive and Salvage Company 11-7, approach the Orion Crew Module during the first Exploration Flight Test (EFT-1) NASA Orion Program. USS Anchorage (LPD 23) is currently conducting the first exploration test flight for the NASA Orion program. EFT-1 is the fifth at sea testing of the Orion Crew Module using a Navy well deck recovery method. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Corey Green / Released)
David Birch, an East Niceville emergency medical technician, labels a simulated victim with a number to help maintain accountability and determine treatment during an active shooter exercise at the Naval School Explosive Ordnance Disposal building Dec. 3. Police and first responders from Eglin and the surrounding communities participated in the joint exercise in which a person with two weapons entered the building and began shooting students. The SWAT team made sure the building was safe to enter. Then firefighters moved the victims out to the triage area where local EMTs provided care. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)
Vincent Raven designed Q6 63395 approaching Bewdley on a Kidderminster - Bridgnorth train during the SVR Autumn Steam Gala. This locomotive has just been returned to service and was visiting from the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.
Cooke's Explosive Works, Penrhyndeudraeth.
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The main manufacturing industry in Penrhyndeudraeth was established in 1872 to make guncotton. Cookes Explosives Ltd - part of the Imperial Chemical Industries (I.C.I.) dealing with increased demand for munitions during World War I set up a new explosives manufacturing facility at Penrhyndeudraeth, bringing an economic boom to the town. The plant produced thousands of tons of munitions for the war and explosives for quarrying and mining. The prolonged miners' strike of 1983 and the competition from foreign coal imports resulted in wholesale pit closures which, in turn, reduced the demand for mining explosives to the point where production was no longer economic and the site was finally cleared in 1997.
It was donated to the North Wales Wildlife Trust by ICI in 1998 and is now managed as a nature reserve. This 28 hectare site exhibits a range of habitats including woodland, scrub, heathland, bare rock and open water and supports a wide range of species including Nightjar, Barn Owl, Pied flycatcher, Polecat, seven species of bat, and the impressive Emperor Dragonfly. The reserve offers fabulous views over the Dwyryd Estuary from the bird hide and the many paths throughout the site will offer excellent access.
"Seventeen million grenades and other munitions were made at Cooke's Explosives Ltd during WWII."
"A massive explosion in 1915 (perhaps enemy sabotage) destroyed the facilities, and responsibility for the site was taken over by the Ministry of Munitions before being sold to Cooke's in the 1920s."
"When explosives are being mixed it's essential to keep them cool and the process involved piping in water from a nearby pond with an operator monitoring temperature and flow. This worker was provided with a stool, but for his protection it had just one leg. If he fell asleep, it would not be for long! "
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Explosives building hidden in Canberra
The building is one of three buildings which are built in a line, roughly 100m apart. All three buildings are of the same size, all with Explosives written above the entrance. All three are now surrounded by barb-wire fencing, with one having an old worn out sign referring to the Dept of Housing (and something).
The three buildings are just off Mugga Lane, north of the tip. I am assuming by there proximity to the Mugga Mugga Quary entrance road that the buildings were used to hold explosives for the quary, which can be seen as you drive up Hindmarsh Drive, heading towards Fyshwick.
Woomera in remote desert country in South Australia was the site of early satellite launches, missile tests, huge explosions and sundry other aerospace research related activities. The base has been largely scaled down in recent decades.
This is the remains of the explosive stores at the Gleniff Baryte Mine site in Co Sligo. One of the stores has collapsed as rubble had been pushed on top of it, but the other is still in good condition.
A controlled detonation of an Improvised Explosive Devise (IED) explodes in front of an Australian Bushmaster during a move down one of the most dangerous IED routes in the region to conduct disruption operation in Northern Kandahar.
Mid Caption: The SOTG and partnered Afghan police of the Provincial Response Company conducted the operation to secure the northern approaches of Kandahar province and disrupt insurgent activities.
During the operation Australian soldiers cleared paths through areas heavily sown with IEDs to attack insurgents in their safe havens.
Afghan police and SOTG members warned locals to avoid areas where they had identified IEDs.
Over the course of the operation, SOTG elements destroyed 16 IEDs.
A large amount of materiel and components for the construction of IEDs were also recovered by the force element.
The items were destroyed to ensure the safety of Afghan civilians, Afghan National Security Forces, Coalition and ISAF forces.