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Articles by Andro Mathewson
A Beginner’s Guide to Identifying Explosive Ordnance in Social Media Imagery
Note: Explosive ordnance (EO) are extremely dangerous. Never approach them unless you are explicitly trained to do so. When posting about potentially explosive objects online, do not encourage others to interact with them. If you come across any potential EO, call the police or other relevant authorities. Landmines, rockets, bombs, grenades and other explosive weapons that were fired but did not explode can remain dangerous for decades after wars and conflicts end.
Open-Source Research and Mapping of Explosive Ordnance Contamination in Ukraine
Abstract Due to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the scale of explosive ordnance (EO) contamination in Ukraine has reached unprecedented levels, necessitating new methods to assess and track the different types of ordnance and the level of contamination across the country.
Seeking Dronations: The Crowdfunded Drone War in Ukraine
The increased accessibility and affordability of drone technology, coupled with innovations in banking and financial technologies like NFTs and cryptocurrency, have allowed the spirit of volunteerism to directly fund efforts to acquire weapons and arms.
Will the Drone War Come Home? Ukraine and the Weaponization of Commercial Drones
Hours after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began in February, Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense appealed for civilian drone owners to donate or fly their commercially bought drones to help defend Kyiv. Donations poured in and consumer unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) took to the skies amid Russia’s advance.
Strife Series: Arctic Maritime Security - Climate and the Securitisation of the Arctic
The intersection of drastic climate change and the increasing securitisation of the Arctic is an issue policymakers and scientists cannot afford to ignore.
Pangolin Trafficking in West Africa » Wavell Room
Experimental Feature: Audio Read Version The Pangolin, a solitary and nocturnal animal native to Southeast Asia and Africa, is the most trafficked animal in the world. Their keratin scales, which are dried and ground into powder, are used in traditional medicines across South East Asia, and their meat is considered a delicacy.
Securing the north: Expanding the United States’ icebreaker fleet
One of the biggest challenges facing the United States’ capability and capacity to defend its interests in the far north is the dearth of icebreakers. Icebreakers are imperative to the national security of the United States and its Arctic territories.
Explosive Ordnance Risk Education in Ukraine During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Next Story By Andro Mathewson and Asya Bolotova [ The HALO Trust ] All modern conflicts bring dangers of explosive remnants of war (ERW), including unexploded ordnance (UXO), abandoned explosive ordnance (AXO), improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and/or landmines, and the conflict in eastern Ukraine is no exception.
Explosive Ordnance Risk Education in Ukraine During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Explosive Ordnance Risk Education in Ukraine During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This article is brought to you by the Center for International Stabilization and Recovery (CISR) from issue 25.1 of The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction By Andro Mathewson and Asya Bolotova [ The HALO Trust ] All modern conflicts bring dangers of explosive remnants of war (ERW), including unexploded ordnance (UXO), abandoned explosive ordnance (AXO), improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and/or landmines, and the conflict in eastern Ukraine is no exception.
Un-crewed Underwater Technologies in the Arctic » Wavell Room
Experimental Feature: Audio Read Version The substantial overlap between military, academic, and economic applications and the furtive nature of deployed uninhabited underwater technologies in the Arctic have contributed to instability in the security of the Arctic Circle.
The next frontier in drone warfare? A Soviet-era crop duster
In September 2020, on the second day of the six-week war between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh enclave, the Armenian defense forces published a video of one of their units deploying a surface-to-air missile system to target a low-flying, slow-moving object—a drone.
The Analysis of John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath That related to The US Economic Crisis in Nineteen Thirties
Even if they were lucky to get jobs, their wages were very low. The average yearly income for seasonal workers in California for 1934-1935 was $ 437. It was the usual for employee to go without their pay for months because of the credit they had received from land owners and grocers. Workers were welcome as labors but not as citizens. Investors and speculators gained profit from agriculture and manufactures. Yet, many workers and farmers did not attain the share of profit.
Modernizing the Bulgarian Military: Not Those Drones
In the first week of December 2020, the Bulgarian Ministry of Defence announced the purchase of 98 new armored vehicles and the modernization of 44 Soviet-era T-72 tanks for a cost of over €100 Million in total. Along with Bulgaria’s recent purchase of F-16s from the United States and plans to acquire two new German-made patrol ships for its Navy, this is another instance in a recent series of government decisions with the intent of expanding and modernizing the Bulgarian Armed Forces.
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