Explosives
Security forces in the east Indian state of Manipur recovered another 13 IEDs in the tri-junction area of Maojang, Libung, Gomnom and T Khonunjang in Tengnoupal district, near the Myanmar border, on Saturday 11 April. Posting on their Facebook page, Manipur police also revealed that that recovered two 9mm
Industry
Avon Protection's ST54 "Enhanced Multi-Mission Tactical Operator" self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) combined with their FM53 gas mask were spotted in a CBRN exercise conducted by the GROM special operations unit of the Polish Armed Forces. The images were published by NATO's Allied
Industry
Devices and products from Dräger, Ludlum Measurements, FLIR, Thermo Scientific and Honeywell were all spotted in a video of a recent North Dakota National Guard 81st Civil Support Team CBRN training exercise in Perry, Georgia. The video was published on Friday 10 April. The Dräger FPS 7000 gas mask and
Explosives
An IED designed to kill a large number of people was found during a routine traffic stop in Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada, on Tuesday afternoon 7 April. According to the Canadian outlet Global News, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) pulled over a car whose registration plate not only did
CBRN
A vocational school in the German city of Dresden was evacuated on Thursday afternoon, 9 April, after several people complained of sudden illness including coughing and vomiting. The building was subsequently evacuated and fifteen people were examined at the scene by paramedics. Three people were taken to hospital. A total
CBRN
The United States Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has successfully removed all high-risk caesium-137 material from South Carolina, making it the 13th US state or territory to become free of it. Announcing the news on Thursday 9 April, the NNSA wrote that caesium irradiators
CBRN
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has marked the launch of the new "Breath of Freedom Task Force", a Syrian-led coordination framework established to support efforts to identify, secure, transfer and destroy any remaining elements of the Assad-era chemical weapons programme. OPCW director-
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
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
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
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