TROUBLES-ERA B*MB DISPOSAL EXPERT | Taking on Belfast's IRA B*MB-MAKERS | Steve Smith, British Army
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 มิ.ย. 2024
- My guest this week is ex-b*mb disposal man, Steve Smith. Steve worked as a EOD officer in Belfast during the early 80s and worked to rid the city of IRA & Loyalist b*mbs.
Steve gives us his insight into the various types of explosives used throughout the conflict, the differences between IRA & Loyalist b*mb-makers, how it feels to put on the b*mb-suit & approach an explosive device and the effects that such a job can have on one’s mental health.
Steve tells us about the unique challenges of b*mb-disposal in rural settings vs urban, the physical sensation of being caught in a b*mb blast and much more.
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Putting on the “B*MB SUIT”
03:35 Training
10:00 Psychological aspect
14:20 The Hurt Locker (film) & mental toll of the job
17:00 FIRST EXPLOSIVES DISPOSALS
24:45 B*mb Disposal in RURAL AREAS
27:20 Robots
30:40 TOUGH JOB
35:10 Dealing with trauma from the job
37:25 IRA calling in car-b*mb
44:10 Loyalist b*mbs (better or worse b*mb-makers?)
46:13 TYPES of b*mbs throughout the conflict
55:10 Remote b*mbs & Mercury tilt
59:30 Light-activated explosives
1:00:30 Closest Steve has been to b*mb exploding
1:07:30 Cutting wires
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Putting on the “B*MB SUIT”
03:35 Training
10:00 Psychological aspect
14:20 The Hurt Locker (film) & mental toll of the job
17:00 FIRST EXPLOSIVES DISPOSALS
24:45 B*mb Disposal in RURAL AREAS
27:20 Robots
30:40 TOUGH JOB
35:10 Dealing with trauma from the job
37:25 IRA calling in car-b*mb
44:10 Loyalist b*mbs (better or worse b*mb-makers?)
46:13 TYPES of b*mbs throughout the conflict
55:10 Remote b*mbs & Mercury tilt
59:30 Light-activated explosives
1:00:30 Closest Steve has been to b*mb exploding
1:07:30 Cutting wires
Excellent video
Great podcasts and excellent interviewer, you never interrupt the guests and allow them to speak. Keep up the good work.
Respect to these men. Brave souls. RIP to those who paid the ultimate price. I read great book about this some years ago. The early years of the troubles were a steep learning curve for EOD.
Loving these podcasts,great guests
Looking forward to a lot more 👍
Brilliant Podcast, look forward to each one. Keep it up 👍
You are doing some really good podcasts and getting a great selection of guests from all sections.
That means the world!! Thank you so much 🙏🙏
That is one brave man. And no bravado.
Really good interview. Steve was very candid 👏👏
Why does it say " Care 4 Calais" on the screen?
Thanks
I had two who worked in that field when growing up. They had Royal Ordinance Bomb Disposal plastered on their blue-lighted vehicles. I would also see them infrequently racing with their blue lights flashing. I lived near Army HQ Scotland and on the main road fro Rosyth Royal Naval base so I don't know where they were based? Also(and I commented this today on Chris Thrall's channel) I had a friend as a kid who at the last time I spoke with him he was demining in the former Yugoslavia but I assume he was just clearing known mines and not what we now call IED's. I am only 8 minutes in so I don't know if he will discuss the different layers of detonation methods or the notes that would be left in the devices for them?
Fair play , its luck of birth seperated us thats all. Peace unity friendship
I recommend you move your chair away from the wall. And maybe create a more appealing background. One of the first things you learn in video and audio production classes is to not have a back wall so close to yourself when filming otherwise It looks like an interrogation video. Great guests by the way. It's great that you talk to 'both sides'.
Yes absolutely!! Been meaning to get on that for a while
Going for the Crumlin Road Gaol look 😂😂
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A mercury tilt switch is the easiest or one of the easier trigger devices that a primary school kid could make but you would need a secondary safety switch and they could be used on UCBT as they were known at the time, but not solely, anything that would be moved. With the advent of mobile phones and other frequency communication ways including light-sensitive diodes and lasers and god knows what now, but anyone ever with the intent of using a device to injure or kill a person you have more to worry about than just law enforcement agencies coming after you, you have your conscious and your soul, not just in this life. All he discusses is by the by and as much as we maybe fantasize about doing something to the most evil person on the planet, don't even consider it.
I was commenting just before my topics were discussed.