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
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-
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
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
CBRN
Cambodian government officials as well as legal and technical experts from the country met in Phnom Penh on 26-27 March for a workshop focused on efforts to establish a national registry of controlled biological agents. The workshop was organised by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) in
CBRN
A school in Jelenia Góra, southwestern Poland, has detected levels of the radioactive gas radon being at more than seven times the safe limit. As reported by TVP World, the tests were conducted from late January to early March and found radon levels in two classrooms and the gym at
Explosives
The UK's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) has led a major trial on behalf of the British Army that demonstrated how artificial intelligence models can be rapidly retrained to recognise new threat types and adapt to different environments. Conducted with 33 Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal and
Exercises & Events
Police in the Polish city of Poznań conducted a training on using uncrewed aerial vehicles in CBRNE crisis response on 24-25 March. According to information published by Greater Poland Police, the main objective of the training was to familiarise participants with how to conduct field reconnaissance operations and identify
CBRN
The Bulgarian State Enterprise for Radioactive Waste (SERAW) reported on Friday 27 March that the country's national repository for low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste has been issued with a certificate confirming it is ready for commissioning. SERAW executive director, Dilyan Petrov, said: "We are pleased that