Exercises & Events
The Third Scientific Conference on CBRN Safety and Security has taken place at the University of Kufa on Wednesday, 8 April. According to Al-Kafeel University, who participated in the conference with an academic delegation, the event took place under the patronage of the Iraqi Minister of Higher Education and Scientific
Exercises & Events
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) division responsible for the East China Sea and the Taiwan Strait recently carried out a nuclear attack response and decontamination exercise. A report on Tuesday 7 April from the state broadcaster CCTV said that the exercise took place at a naval base
Explosives
The Chinar Corps of the Indian army and the Jammu-Kashmir police have recovered and neutralised an IED weighing 14.5kg near Chitragam in the Shopian district of Indian-administered Kashmir. In a post on X on Wednesday 8 April, the Chinar Corps wrote that the operation had "averted a major
CBRN
Two men discovered a vial labelled "Polonium 210" in a garden in the town of Vaihingen an der Enz, north-west of Stuttgart, Germany, during an Easter egg hunt on Sunday, 5 April. According to Yahoo News, the discovery triggered an emergency response as authorities tested for the potentially
Exercises & Events
The Sri Lanka Navy has conducted three separate CBRN emergency response training exercises at the Port of Trincomalee in the east of the country, at the Port of Colombo in the west, and at Hambantota International Port in the south. According to information published by the Sri Lanka Navy, two
Industry
The Korean company UI Helicopter has unveiled specialised, drone-based reconnaissance and radiation detection technology at the 2026 Disaster and Nuclear/WMD Response Conference in Busan, South Korea. According to Channel A, the showcased items included a CBRN response system equipped with radiation detection equipment on small drones and an unmanned
CBRN
Chemical, biological and radiological units of the Support Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine recorded over 400 cases of Russia using chemical munitions against Ukrainian positions in March 2026. More than 13,000 cases of Russia using dangerous chemical substances have been recorded since the start of their full-scale
CBRN
A total of 90 people from 50 houses were evacuated from the area after a tanker carrying some 30,000 litres of liquified petroleum gas crashed in a rural village north of Bucharest, Romania, on Saturday night 4 April. According to the Prahova County Police Inspectorate, the tanker is understood
CBRN
The United States government has donated CBRN protective equipment to the southeast African country of Mozambique. The chargé d’affaires at the US Embassy in Maputo, Abigail Dressel, delivered the equipment on Thursday 2 April to the permanent secretary of the Mozambican Interior Ministry, Victor Canhemba Júnior. Speaking at the
Exercises & Events
The Uruguayan army's "Ansina" battalion of combat engineers no.6, in coordination with the Uruguayan air force, led an international CBRN exercise at Rivera Airport in the north of the country on 26 March 2026. Posting on their Facebook channel, the "Ansina" battalion wrote
Explosives
Units of Ukraine's State Emergency Service have cleared nearly 2,000km² of territory and neutralised some 600,000 explosive devices since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, it has been announced. Speaking at a briefing on Thursday 2 April, Serhii Reva, the director of the State
CBRN
Fifteen workers at a fish processing factory in the Milas district of Muğla, Turkey, were hospitalised on Thursday evening 2 April with suspected ammonia gas poisoning. According to the outlet Haberler, the incident occurred at around 19:30 at the Sürsan Fishing facility in the neighbourhood of Güllük. After a