Trevor Ball In recent months, Iranian media have published imagery of an unidentified model of one-way attack (OWA) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) used in attacks on Iran. The first documented use of this munition in Iran was on 20 March 2026, twenty days into the 2026 Iran War, although they may have been used earlier.
As part of their strategic mandate to improve human security, The Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) launched the final results of their Characterisation of Explosive Weapons research project on 6 February 2017, which sought to describe and explain key types of explosive weapons and their destructive effects on humans and structures. The research
The use of explosive weapons in populated areas (EWPA) – particularly those weapons with potential wide-area effects – remains of significant concern to military forces, civil society, and other stakeholders. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) commissioned Armament Research Services (ARES) to produce a report examining the technical considerations relevant to the use of explosive weapons in
