Exercises & Events
The United States Capability Program Executive for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense - abbreviated to CPE CBRND - has announced that they recently conducted a new equipment training programme for the analytical laboratory system’s electrochemiluminescence (ECL) toxin identifier. In a short post on LinkedIn on Monday 9 February, they wrote
Explosives
The Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority reported on Wednesday 4 February that at least 87 people were killed and 333 others injured due to landmine and explosive remnants blasts in 2025 across the country. In a video message posted on X, spokesperson Hafiz Mohammad Yusuf Hammad said that a total
Industry
The specialist electronic warfare company Allen-Vanguard has secured a multi-million dollar contract for vehicle-based and man-portable electronic countermeasure systems to an undisclosed South American nation, the company announced on 5 February. The deal marks the company's first entry into the South American market and
CBRN
Almost 200 containers of low-level radioactive waste are being entombed in a purpose-built underground vault at the decommissioned nuclear power plant in Dounreay, Scotland. The waste once formed part of the UK's experiment with fast breeder nuclear reactors, of which Dounreay was at the centre. According
Exercises & Events
A mock exercise responding to a chemical disaster was conducted by a team from the 7th Battalion of India's National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) at Kansai Nerolac Paints Limited in Tarn Taran district, Punjab, India. According to information from The Tribune, the primary objective of the exercise was
Industry
Turkey’s state-owned defence firm Makine ve Kimya Endüstrisi (MKE) has announced a new NATO-compliant CBRN protective equipment range developed in-house to protect personnel operating in contaminated environments. According to information published by Global Defense News, MKE said its newly developed equipment is designed to "improve
CBRN
Russian forces used riot control agents against Ukrainian forces 224 times in January 2026. This is according to statistics released by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The riot control agents mainly used by invading Russian forces are K-51 and RG-VO gas grenades, filled with
Industry
The US Army is advancing its chemical and biological weapons clean-up capabilities by developing a new autonomous decontamination system (ADS). This is according to an Army request for information due by 20 February. The approach aims to use autonomous airborne drones and ground robots for decontaminating vehicles, critical infrastructure
Industry
Sellafield Ltd and the Robotics & AI Collaboration (RAICo) have successfully completed the first trial of a specially designed robot dog swabbing tool, in an area containing radioactive material. The announcement was made by Sellafield Ltd and the UK government's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. Swabbing is a common task
Explosives
Indian security forces in the far eastern state of Manipur recovered a cache of arms and explosives on Tuesday 3 February, according to local police via Northeast News. The recoveries were made from areas close to the Myanmar border, near Bongmol and SL Zougam villages in Tengnoupal district. 18 improvised
Explosives
The Saudi project for humanitarian landmine clearance in Yemen, Project Masam, has announced they cleared a total of 7,554 explosive items during January 2026. Cleared in January included 52 anti-personnel mines, 369 anti-tank mines, 7,117 items of unexploded ordnance and 16 improvised explosive devices. According to
Explosives
A large cache of explosives was discovered on 31 January during a joint anti-insurgent operation between the Narayanpur Police and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) in the forests in Abujhmad, Chhattisgarh, India. Officials said that the site was being used by Maoist Naxalite insurgents to store supplies for