The International Ballistics Society (IBS) is a prestigious body which promotes science of ballistics internationally. The science of Ballistics deals with the launching flights behaviour and effects of projectiles like bullets, gravity bombs, rockets etc. The International Symposium on Ballistics (ISB) is an opportunity for ballistics scientists, engineers and others to report share and discuss current research and advances in ballistics and visions for the future. The symposium allows exposure to the most current state-of-the-art technology in ballistics, provides opportunities for interactions with some of the world’s leading experts in the field of ballistics technology and offers the chance to present, exhibit and share scientific research and development with international group of professionals. The Society encourages the presentation of a wide range of papers at the ISB, from work in progress through to high quality scientific papers. This issue of the journal includes these scientific papers which have been rigorously peer reviewed and approved according to the practises of the journal.

These papers comprise an extensive range of ballistic science areas covered by the symposium; interior ballistics and flight dynamics, explosion mechanics, terminal ballistics and impact physics and vulernability.

The 30th International Symposium on Ballistics (ISB) being held at Long Beach-CA USA from 11 -15 September 2017 and 31st International Symposium on Ballistics (ISB) will be held in Hyderabad, India at HICC Novotel from 1st November to 8th November 2019.