Andy Oppenheimer - Defence Consultant. Specialist in nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) weapons.




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Andy Oppenheimer

Andy Oppenheimer is a UK-based specialist in CBRNE (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear weapons and explosives) and counterterrorism.

His main areas of interest are nuclear technology and proliferation, threat analysis, antiterrorist countermeasures and CBRN defence equipment, national nuclear strategies and policies, radiological weapons, and explosives. He was Editor of NBC International, a UK-based magazine on CBRNE defence and countermeasures, from 2006 to August 2008 and is Chairman of the 4th NBC International Annual Conference. He was Editor of Jane's Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defence Yearbook from 2006 to 2008.

His book IRA - The Bombs: A History of Deadly Ingenuity is published by Irish Academic Press.

For further details please email Andy at oppenheimer@btconnect.com for a flyer or launch invitation [19 November in London] please copy and paste the publisher site into your browser http://64.151.79.225/acatalog/Forthcoming_Titles.html or email Toby Harris at toby.harris@vmbooks.com. Copies are also available on amazon.co.uk and amazon.com.

In this groundbreaking title, Oppenheimer tells how the Irish Republican Army became the most adept and experienced insurgency group the world has ever seen through their bombing expertise – and how, after generations of conflict, it all came to an end. The book is a comprehensive account of more than 150 years of Irish republican strategic, tactical, and operational details, and analysis of the IRA's mission, doctrine, targeting, and acquisition of weapons and explosives. As a leading expert on non-conventional weapons and explosives, Oppenheimer colourfully presents the story behind the bombs – those who built and deployed them; those who had to deal with and dismantle them; and those who suffered or died from them. He analyses where, how, and why the IRA's 19,000 bombs were built, targeted and deployed and explores what the IRA was hoping to accomplish in its unrivalled campaign of violence and insurgency through covert acquisition, training, intelligence and counter-intelligence.

Oppenheimer has worked on projects for government departments such as the US Department of Defense and the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a NBC consultant for Jane's Strategic Advisory Services, Oxford Analytica, Gerson Lehrman Group (Council Member, Energy and Industrials Board), and R & F International Defence & Security Consultancy. He is also Technical Advisor to the National Nuclear Museum, Albuquerque, NM and the Atomic Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C.

He has written regular reports for other Jane's Information Group publications such as Jane's Intelligence Digest and Jane's Chem-bio Web, as well as to Military Periscope, the Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies, Royal Institute of International Affairs, Global Defence Review, Defence Director, and many others. With 20 years' experience in scientific and defence publishing and government service as a commissioning editor, writer, and project manager, he has focused on communicating technical and military topics to both academic and non-specialist audiences. He speaks at conferences and seminars and makes regular media appearances.

Some of his interviews and articles can be accessed here.