Andy Oppenheimer is an independent UK-based defence analyst specialising in CBRNE (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear weapons and explosives) and counterterrorism.
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. He organises and leads masterclasses and seminars, and selectively promotes independent researchers and company projects. CDs of his presentations are available on request.
Oppenheimer has worked on projects as CBRN consultant for Jane’s Strategic Advisory Services, Oxford Analytica, Writing Solutions Ltd (for Business Monitor International), Gerson Lehrman Group, and R & F Defence Consultancy. Consultancy work includes reports for corporate and institute clients as well as expert witness testimonies. He is currently working with DIEMconsulting on a training tool for Counter-IED, the IEDs Supply Chain Model.
He is a Member of the International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators and Technical Advisor to the National Nuclear Museum, Albuquerque, NM and the Atomic Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C.
His book IRA – The Bombs and the Bullets: A History of Deadly Ingenuity is published by Irish Academic Press. For further details please email Andy – Copies are 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 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.
He has written dozens of 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 for 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, Aviation Security International and others. Links to recent articles may be emailed on request.
With 20 years’ experience in scientific and defence publishing and government service as a commissioning editor, writer, and project manager, he has an acknowledged reputation in successfully communicating technical topics to both academic and non-specialist audiences.
