
An examination of the precursor chemicals used in the manufacture of explosive compositions found within Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs)
Chapter 2: History

Chapter 2: History

Chapter 3: Precursor use in IED Manufacture

Chapter 4: The Regulation

Chapter 5: Analysis

Chapter 6: Future Trends

Chapter 7: Conclusion

Chapter 7: Case Studies and Annexes

Manufactured explosive weapons are just as harmful to civilians in populated areas as improvised explosive weapons.

A car bomb detonated inside a military base in Colombian border city Cucuta injures 36 people

A narrative report on a decade of explosive violence where AOAV has recorded 357,370 deaths and injuries by explosive weapons in some 28,879 incidents. 73% of these casualties, 262,413, were civilians.

Abu Sayyaf's use of non-suicide bomb IEDs in their war in the Philippines offers an insight into the local tactics and cultural framings of the terrorist organisation there, as Barnaby Papadopulos explains.

On 20 December 2020, a car bomb targeting a convoy transporting Khan Mohammad Wardak, a member of Afghan parliament, killed 10 civilians and wounded 52 others.