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

He is Editor of World Security Report http://www.worldsecurity-index.com/index.php

He was Editor of Jane's Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defence Yearbook and NBC International, a UK-based magazine on CBRNE defence and countermeasures,  from 2006 to 2008.

His main areas of interest are nuclear and radiological proliferation, IEDs and explosives, CBRNE threat analysis, antiterrorist countermeasures and CBRNE defence equipment.  He regularly gives lectures to institutes, military and law enforcement authorities, and conferences on CBRNE and security.

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 or 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 as CBRN consultant for Jane's Strategic Advisory Services, Oxford Analytica, Gerson Lehrman Group, and R & F  Defence. As a nuclear historian, he is 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, including Jane's Intelligence Digest, Jane's Security Monitor 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, Asian Military Review, Crisis Response, and RUSI Monitor. 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 topics to both academic and non-specialist audiences.  

Some of his interviews and articles can be accessed here.