Inert Explosive Devices and Explosives Training Aids

IED Inert Explosive Devices For Disarming, Training & Testing

Current end-users of our IED products include:

  • the US Coast Guard-EOD Training Unit
  • US Navy-EOD Training Section
  • US Air Force-EOD Unit
  • ATF-Forensics Section
  • FBI-EAT Program
  • NYPD-Arson & Explosives Unit

    We have built hundreds of IEDs to exact specifications of currently deployed explosive devices in use by the world's terrorists.
    We can custom build to your specifications, utilizing a vast array
    of triggers, detonators & explosive components.

Simulant explosives & containers
Our sub-assemblies are supplied as labeled classroom trainers, or can be supplied as an unmarked assembly for use in systems integrity testing of security apparatus and personnel.
Among the special products we can supply are:

· Taggants such as Dimethyldinitrobutane (DMNB), EGDN, P-MNT, O-MNT which are currently used to chemically mark ("tag") explosives.
· Simulants for C-4, SEMTEX-H, DM-12, TNT and PETN.
· Electronic Detonator assemblies containing bridgewire and Simulants Explosive for use in color X-ray training / testing.
· Booster / Primer Simulants.
· Detonating Cord Simulants by the spool.
· Special Detonator Simulants such as the US M6 SPECIAL.
· Military Demolition Block Simulants with correct packaging, labeling, density & handling characteristics.
· Dynamite Simulants.
· Water Gel Simulants such as TOVEX.
· And hundreds more products for special needs, INCLUDING STING OPERATIONS.

Some items are in stock. Most are custom made to your order. If you have a special requirement that is of a sensitive or covert / special operations nature which our line of INERT Explosives Products can fulfill, then please contact us. Catalog available. Everything comes at a price, and our services are not cheap.

We only sell to verifiable domestic entities.
Military & Law Enforcement
Corporate Security & Bonifide Training Academies

- No civilian sales / No commercial sales.

 

We carry a range of more than 300 explosive SIMULANTS that give realistic,
accurate performance in training, testing and recognition programs.

All informational requests should be submitted on letterhead. Unidentified information requests will not be responded to.
Due to the limited availability of some items, confirmed pricing only available when order is submitted.
All orders must be submitted via hard copy purchase order.
All orders must be paid in full before delivery, unless other arraignments are made.
This restricted product line is highly regulated and requires a tremendous amount of paperwork and time to facilitate such technology transfers. Please plan your needs accordingly.

  • Inert examples of commercial explosives, including their wrappers and labels.
  • Inert examples of military explosives, representing those produced by various countries.
  • Inert examples of improvised or homemade explosives and incendiary/arson materials.
  • Inert, simulated improvised explosive devices and arson devices.
  • Inert boobytrap devices and hand grenades, as used by a number of military forces.
  • Explosive simulant used for X-Ray testing for smuggled explosives.
  • Aviation security/Nuclear security X-Ray training and test kits of contraband items.
  • Modified luggage training aids with false sides and bottoms for narcotics smuggling awareness programs. These are used by customs officers and border patrol agents.
  • Display boards with multiple items mounted on them to demonstrate groups of problem materials or products.
  • Reference materials for X-Ray image recognition and identification of explosives, bomb components, improvised explosive devices, handguns and hand grenades. These are primarily for use by police and military bomb technicians, but are useful for any person who may be employed in X-Ray screening of containers and packages.
  • Video training programs on explosives, bomb threats, search procedures, X-Ray image recognition, and hidden contraband in lug- gage.
  • Remotely-operated bomb handling and disposal equipment, for pipe bombs and grenades.
  • Security awareness posters on terrorist weapons and explosive devices.
  • simulants for plastic explosives such as C4, PE-808, DM-12, Semtex-X and Semtex S1A and others, which have molding capability, correct color, density and labeling and which provide proper x-ray image signature
  • simulants for sheet explosive, such as Detasheet, Flex-X and Sheetex
  • PLX (Picatinny Liquid Explosive) simulant for x-ray use
  • inert electric detonators including some types with a functional bridgewire assembly
  • inert non-electric detonators
  • inert safety fuse - short lengths or by the spool
  • inert detonating cord - short lengths or by the spool
  • inert boosters and booster sliders
  • inert water gel cartridges (Tovex) in various sizes
  • inert dynamite in various diameters and lengths
  • empty Kinepak, Kinestik and Kinepouch containers
  • inert linear shaped charges (copper)
  • inert demolition blocks from various countries including U.S.A. (M112 and M118), former Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, Israel, Germany, etc.
  • inert hand grenades, anti-personnel mines and anti-tank mines
  • inert Bangalore torpedoes
  • inert Detaprime, Detacabe and Nonel Handidet assemblies
  • inert IED training aids -- over 300 types
  • custom inert products for the motion picture special effects industry
  • inert highway flares
  • inert railway torpedoes
  • trace explosive marker pens for explosive detector dog training and testing
  • trace pseudo-drug marker pens for drug detector dog training and testing
  • inert, simulated firearms, ammunition and snap caps for firearms safety
  • Firearms and ammunition, which have been modified to make them inert, for use in various programs. In most countries, no permit is required for these.
  • other products custom-made for your special needs
  • full-color posters of explosives, grenades, firearms, mines, boobytraps, I.E.D.s, and drugs
  • specialized reference publications on explosives, I.E.D.s and X-ray image interpretation
  • drug simulant kits for teaching concealment methods and X-ray imaging techniques at customs inspection
  • qualified instructor run training courses in explosives and bomb disposal & X-ray image interpretation
  • We also distribute a wide range of books and publications of interest to security and law enforcement personnel.
  • X-ray image recognition training.
  • Training courses on bomb threats, explosives recognition, explosives and bomb disposal, and firearm safety.
I.E.D & Explosives Training Boards and Posters

We can provide hardboard-mounted components and subcomponents of inert explosive devices as well a switch and circuit layouts.

We have a range of our own large full-color posters illustrating the products that are on many of our display boards. Everything on them is life-size. In most cases, the posters are at least 10 times less expensive to purchase than the same display board. If the customer has multiple training locations and field offices, they can buy far more posters for the same money, and provide for continuing visual awareness training to people even when there are no scheduled courses. Many law enforcement and security agencies put up these posters on walls, and they can be viewed by personnel on all shifts 24/7/365. The posters are clear plastic laminated for, many years of service. The posters are also far more convenient to transport, store and display than our heavy wood display boards, and there is nothing on them to break off or get damaged.

Display Boards and Posters
  • TYPICAL SAFETY FUSE AND DETONATING CORDS
  • IMPROVISED SWITCHES & INITIATING DEVICES
  • BASIC ELECTRONICS IED CIRCUIT
  • TYPICAL EXPLOSIVES
  • EXPLOSIVE ACCESSORIES
  • THREAT TRAINING ITEMS FOR AIRPORT & COURTHOUSE SECURITY
  • EXAMPLES OF DEMOLITION FIRING DEVICES, BOOBYTRAPS, MINE FUZES AND TRIPFLARES
  • MILITARY BOOBYTRAPS AND CUTAWAY ILLUSTRATIONS
  • CO2 CHARGER I.E.D.s
  • CIRCUIT BOARDS
  • TYPICAL FIREWORKS DISPLAYBOARD
  • ISRAEL MILITARY INDUSTRIES (I.M.I/TAAS) DEMOLITION FIRING DEVICES
  • FORMER SOVIET BLOC HAND GRENADE  FUZE
    UZRG-M
  • EXAMPLES OF MILITARY HAND GRENADES & LAUNCHER GRENADES
  • EXAMPLES OF MILITARY HAND GRENADES & LAUNCHER GRENADES
  • SOVIET, YUGOSLAVIAN, BULGARIAN AND CZECH DEMOLITION BLOCKS
  • EXAMPLES OF SMALL ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES, FUZES, BOMBLETS & SUBMUNITIONS
  • EXAMPLES OF ANTI-PERSONNEL & LIGHT ANTI-VEHICLE MINES
  • PRE-BLAST DISPLAY BOARD OF EVIDENCE
  • POST-BLAST DISPLAY BOARD OF EVIDENCE
  • ELECTRONIC FIRING SYSTEMS
  • ELECTRONIC INITIATORS
  • ELECTRONIC FIRING COMPONENTS SWITCHES
  • ELECTRO-MAGNETIC SWITCHES/RELAYS
  • ELECTRONIC SWITCHES AND COMPONENTS
  • SERIES – PARALLEL CIRCUITS
  • MILITARY BOOBYTRAPS, MINE FUZES & CUTAWAY ILLUSTRATIONS: FORMER YUGOSLAVIA
  • E-CELL DEMONSTRATION BOARD
  • EXPLOSIVE INITIATORS
  • TIME FUSE AND DETONATING CORD
  • DETONATING CORD LAYOUT PATTERNS
  • SHAPED CHARGES
  • IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVES AND INCENDIARY MIXTURES
  • TYPICAL MILITARY HIGH EXPLOSIVE DEMOLITION BLOCKS
  • TYPICAL BATTERIES, CUTAWAY FOR
    X-RAY TRAINING
  • KNOTS
  • RIGGING
  • MAIN CHARGE HIGH EXPLOSIVES
  • SAMPLE RANGE OF AMMUNITION TYPES
  • KALASHNIKOV AUTOMATIC RIFLE 
  • DETONATORS
  • KINEPAK AND SLURRY BINARY EXPLOSIVES
  • MAGNETIC AND OTHER ATTACHMENT DEVICES
  • PIPE BOMBS
  • HAND GRENADES
  • CUTAWAY & X-RAY BATTERIES

 

Additional Resources
Trace Explosives Marker Pens for Machine & Dog Training & Testing Custom Manufactured I.E.D.'s

Bombings
The table below reflects the types of filler materials used in explosive and destructive devices.
The numbers of incidents involving commercial high explosives and blasting agents remains low.

Fillers Used in Bombings and Attempted Bombing Incidents
  1976 through 1996 1992 through 1996
Filler Incidents % Incidents %
Undetermined/Unreported* 9,224 24.3 2,859 20.0
Black or Smokeless Powders 8,810 23.2 2,578 18.1
Flamable Liquids 8,686 22.9 3,438 24.1
Photo Flash Powder / Fireworks Powder 3,545 9.4 1,833 12.8
Chemicals 3,475 9.2 2,833 19.8
Other** 2,117 5.6 575 4.0
Commercial High Explosives 1,816 4.8 126 .9
Blasting Agents 170 0.5 29 0.2
C4 / TNT 56 0.1 11 0.1
Total 37,899 100.0 14,282 100.0
*The Undetermined category captures incidents in which fillers could not be identified through laboratory analysis or incomplete data was reported.
**The Other Category includes match heads, military explosives (excluding C-4/TNT), improvised mixtures, flares, boosters, detonating cord, gases, blasting caps, PETN, RDX, HMTD, model rocket propellant, and smoke grenades.
Source: The Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Explosives Incidents Reports 1985 and 1995, and Arson and Explosives Incidents Reports 1994, 1995, and Prepublication 1996.

The statistics in the above charts show that commercially-available explosive components have historically been the most prevelent in the making of Improvied Explosive Devices since the great majority of criminal bombings are committed with materials other than commercial high explosives and blasting agents. The presence of identification taggants in commercial high explosives and blasting agents in the U.S. may be a factor in the lack of utilazation of such but future strategies employed by bomb makers may curcumvent such security measures. Significant research in this area remains to be completed to formulate a comprehensive strategy to address a broad range of potential means available to the criminal bomber to make and use a bomb. A wide-ranging prevention strategy will likely include recommendations for regulatory changes regarding commercial explosives, the use of technology to detect explosive materials and to aid in the more rapid investigation of explosives incidents, strengthened voluntary controls on the parts of the impacted industries, and better education of the public.

U.K. Export Licenses are required for almost all of the Miltra Engineering products and generally must be shipped directly to a military base named on the U.K. export license and shipping documents. Their products fall under a "military ordnance" designation, even though the products are replicas. Therefore, those products must be drop-shipped directly to the consignee. This may also apply to some items coming from Security Design & Development Limited, if they are considered military ordnance or dual-use (civilian-military) products under their country's export controls regulations.

There are some Securesearch products that also require an export license from Canada. Products and components originating in the United States, and which are considered to have a strategic (military/national security) value, cannot be shipped to any other country without prior written authority from the U.S. Department of State and/or U.S. Department of Commerce, under their export control regulations and under ITAR (International Trafficking in Arms Regulations).