Exercises & Events
More than 350 airmen assigned to the US Air Force 412th Test Wing participated in a weeklong training exercise from 23-27 February at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The exercise included CBRN training, with instruction provided by the 812th Civil Engineer Squadron’s Office of Emergency Management. "The training
Explosives
Eight children were injured in a landmine explosion in the village of Al-Ankawi in western Syria on Wednesday 4 March. It was reported that the landmine had been planted by the now-deposed Assad regime and was left over from the Syrian Civil War. Dr Osama Al-Aboud, the surgical emergency supervisor
Explosives
Croatia has declared itself free of landmines after a three-decade campaign to clear the country of mines and unexploded ordnance left over from the 1991-95 Croatian war of independence that followed the breakup of Yugoslavia. It is estimated that, in Croatia alone, around 13,000 square kilometers were once contaminated
Exercises & Events
The 20th annual NATO conference on arms control, disarmament and weapons of mass destruction non-proliferation has taken place in Berlin, Germany, on 3-4 March. According to information published by NATO, the two-day conference in Berlin brought together senior officials and experts from allied and partner nations, as well as international
CBRN
The radiation, chemical and biological defence units of the Ukrainian armed forces recorded nearly 400 cases of Russian forces using special munitions equipped with chemical irritants against Ukraine in February 2026. This is according to the head of the communications department of the Command of the Support Forces of the
CBRN
Three-hundred gallons of potassium hydroxide were spilled at a Silfab Solar plant in York County, South Carolina, in an incident on Tuesday 3 March. In a post on Facebook clarifying the incident, York County said that the incident occurred at approximately 09:45 on Tuesday. Emergency responders and a York
Exercises & Events
The Nigeria Police Force and United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) have completed a seven-month programme training personnel on counter-IED operations in the north-east of the country. The Borno State Police Command said the seven-month training began on 28 July, 2025, and ended on 27 February, 2026 at the Maiduguri
Exercises & Events
Forces from the Thai armed forces, Japanese Ground Self-Defence Forces and US Marines conducted a joint counter weapons of mass destruction training exercise on 27 February as part of the larger Cobra Gold 2026 exercise. According to a post on X from the Royal Thai Navy, those taking part in
Exercises & Events
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has released images of a recently conducted CBRN exercise. Published on Friday 27 February by China's Ministry of National Defense, the series of eight images show Chinese military personnel conducting CBRN detection, sampling and decontamination drills. The eight photos are
Medical
The World Health Organization (WHO) has handed over $44,800 USD worth of CBRN equipment and PPE to the Sri Lankan Ministry of Health. Announced on X on Friday 27 February, the package was received by the additional secretary of Medical Services Dr. Kumara Wickremasinghe; director general of Health Services,
Explosives
A total of 13 IEDs were found at a private residence belonging to 31-year-old Kenneth Seay in Green Bay, Wisconsin, after a bomb squad was dispatched there on Tuesday 24 February. According to the local news outlet WeAreGreenBay.com, Seay now faces 18 charges related to drugs and explosives, and
Industry
NuviaTech has announced that they have delivered 21 CoMo surface contamination monitors, along with two "Floor Bogey" floor contamination survey systems, to a major Canadian nuclear utility. According to an announcement from NuviaTech on Friday 27 February, the instruments "strengthen the site's radiological protection toolkit