Counter Terror

The following is a summary and analysis of the terrorist attacks and counter-terrorism operations that occurred during September 2013, as researched and recorded by...

Missions such as clearing buildings, detecting explosive charges etc. in a hostile environment often endanger the lives of soldiers and law enforcement officers. A...

Don't bring dead phones or laptops to those overseas airports for flights heading to the USA. Department of Homeland Security officials warned last week that...

It’s a tough job, working for security services and law enforcement investigating crimes or terror attacks, having to sit for hours and straining your...

The challenge of nuclear terrorism has become a threat that requires new and innovative technologies. A team formed by, among the rest, scientists at...

Urban spaces, wherever they are, present the most complex security challenges. They are densely populated; they rely on a complex array of interrelated local infrastructures with...

The newest member of the TAVOR Bullpup Rifle Family has been launched by Israel Weapon Industries (IWI), an SK Group member. The 7.62X51mm caliber...

In Iraq and Syria, the fighting continued in the known locations, although the intensity of the fighting decreased due to the stormy weather. In...

Financial and terror experts are concerning about the ability to move cash around national borders could help ISIS fund attacks in the West. This...

Threats from terrorist organisations and belligerent states are numerous. They range from terrorist attacks, like we have seen in Paris, through offensive operations similar...

Seaports customs and security professionals might sometimes miss contraband attempts, including radiological materials. The problem was hightened during a US congressional hearing, when officials...

Geo-fencing technologies that use the global positioning system (GPS) or radio frequency identification (RFID) to define geographical boundaries have various applications. Now they are...

By Col. (res.) Dr. Shaul Shay Yemen is on the verge of becoming a failed state. The interim Yemeni government is struggling to fight terrorist...

Two decades ago, late at night in one of the neighborhoods of the Palestinian cities in the west bank - an operation to capture...

  An emotion reading technology might soon be used by police after a Russian firm recently created a tool that can identify people in a...

After years of designing, checking and testing, Elbit’s subsidiary Elsec has completed the development of the Xact sight, a brand new weapon sight that...

Thousands of foreign fighters are traveling to Syria to fight the Syrian government in the country’s civil war. About 500 of those are from...

A recent FBI case has proved that the bureau's facial recognition systems works. The story starts with a fugitive, Neil Stammer, who had been on...

The failure to define al Qaeda properly has confused American policy and strategy. The enemy was not just the man shot dead on May...

Experts warn that such materials can be used to assemble a "Dirty Bomb". A dirty bomb is a speculative radiological weapon that combines radioactive material...

The plan to apply a visa waiver program to the U.S is being attacked from many sides. Recently, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson acknowledged the...

The lessons learned from the extensive use of unmanned air vehicles in last summer's "Protective Edge" operation in the Gaza strip were used in...