Editing Improvised explosive device (section)

====Boat (WBIED)====
Water-borne Improvised Explosive Devices (WBIED), i.e. boats carrying explosives, can be used against ships and areas connected to water. 

An early example of this type was the Japanese [[Shinyo (suicide boat)|Shinyo]] suicide boats during [[World War II]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Oliver |first=Mark |date=2021-09-04 |title=Inside The Kamikaze, The Last-Ditch Suicide Attacks Of World War 2 Japan |url=https://allthatsinteresting.com/kamikaze-pilots |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=All That's Interesting |language=en-US|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305074220/https://allthatsinteresting.com/kamikaze-pilots|archive-date=March 5, 2023}}</ref> The boats were filled <!-- Excessive use of the word "laden." Changed to filled. -->with explosives and attempted to ram Allied ships, sometimes successfully, having sunk or severely damaged several American ships by war's end. Suicide bombers used a boat-borne IED to attack the [[USS Cole bombing|USS Cole]]; US and UK troops have also been killed by boat-borne IEDs in Iraq.<ref name="Steinhofer" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6146844.stm |title=UK &#124; Iraq boat attack personnel named |work=BBC News |date=14 November 2006 |access-date=18 October 2009}}</ref> The [[Sea Tigers|Tamil Tigers Sea Tigers]] have also been known to use SWBIEDs during the [[Sri Lankan civil war|Sri Lankan Civil War]].{{according to whom?|date=October 2024}}

WBIEDs have been used in the Red Sea.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.solaceglobal.com/report/water-borne-improvised-explosive-devices-wbied/ | title=Water Borne Improvised Explosive Devices (WBIED)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.maritimeglobalsecurity.org/media/1059/2023-11-24-interim-industry-transit-advice-srs-goa.pdf |title=1 INTERIM INDUSTRY TRANSIT ADVICE, SOUTHERN RED SEA, AND GULF OF ADEN – NOVEMBER 2023 |date=24 November 2023 |website=maritimeglobalsecurity.org |access-date=11 March 2024}}</ref>