The Armoured Suicide Vehicle Based Improvised Explosive Device (ASVBIED) really came to the world’s attention when they were heavily used by the Islamic state, ISIS, in Iraq and Syria. Basically an armoured suicide car bomb, these simple and brutally effective weapons were used by ISIS in hundreds, possibly thousands of attacks.

The Aircraft Wrecks of Grenada
In 2021, I was fortunate enough to spend some time on the island of Grenada in the Caribbean. Located around 90 miles north of Venezuela, like many of the countries in the region, Grenada is a sleepy tropical island where the people are friendly, the beaches are...