scope:

1. This document is intended as an operational guide for Staff Officers. In conjunction with other NATO publications, documents and directives it is to provide guidance and a common framework as to the planning and conduct of IEDD operations. It should be understandable to those who are unfamiliar with IEDD and EOD. Volume II of this guide is a Guide for IEDD Operators.

2. The document will focus on IEDD within Deployed Operations and will not explore IEDD within the framework of national home based/internal operations or military aid to the civil power. The document is intended to provide guidance and considerations for the planning and conduct of IEDD operations and should serve to inform EOD Theatre Operating Procedures. IEDD is a sub-set of EOD and as such the detail of ATP-726 and associated EOD documents will apply and they are not repeated here. IEDD is only one component of the wider concept known as Counter-IED (C-IED)7. The doctrine for C-IED is contained in AJP-3.15. C-IED is a cross-functional role which seeks to look at identifying and attacking the whole IED system whereas IEDD concentrates on the device.

3.IEDs may have additional payloads, including Chemical, Biological, Radiological or Nuclear (CBRN) and range from simple to complex. The threat from improvised CBRN devices must be considered when planning although the response will vary depending upon the operating environment, national capabilities and caveats. This document is not attempting to provide specific Operating Procedures, and as improvised CBRN devices will require a specialist response they will not be covered in detail.