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Over 50 US airmen and 13 units from the Air National Guard Region V participated in the CBRN High-intensity Operational Preparedness North 2026 exercise at Volk Field Air National Guard Base, Wisconsin, on 15-22 April 2026. According to information published by DVIDS, emergency management exercises for Region V, this iteration
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The United Arab Emirates' public prosecution service has concluded a regional specialised programme on the investigation and prosecution of CBRN crimes. According to Sharjah 24, the programme spanned five months and provided a "comprehensive training pathway that combined legal grounding with practical application, culminating in a mock trial
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The European Union CBRN Centres of Excellence's Project 112 for North Africa and the Sahel region was officially launched through its kick-off meeting in Tunis, Tunisia, on 14-16 April. The aim of the meeting was to "align activities with partner countries’ priorities", according to the EU.
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Azerbaijan completed its third national CBRN emergency medicine training on 8–9 April 2026 in Baku, according to information published by the EU CBRN Centres of Excellence initiative, "reinforcing national readiness and confirming the ability of Azerbaijani Master Trainers to deliver the programme consistently to a high standard"
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A joint CBRN exercise between the University Hospital Olomouc and the regional fire rescue service took place in the morning of Thursday 16 April. According to information published by the university, the exercise aimed to verify the hospital's procedures for mass admission of patients and their initial triage,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 threats,
Industry
The inaugural Science & Technology CBRN Capability Operational User Trial (SCOUT26), organised by the United States' Defense Threat Reduction Agency's (DTRA) Joint Science and Technology Office, has concluded. Taking place from 20-26 March at Camp Dawson, West Virginia, SCOUT26 was "a large-scale, scenario-based field experiment that
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The United States' Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has announced a partnership with the Lithuanian Armed Forces (LAF) in Kaunas. In posts on Monday 30 March on LinkedIn and X, DTRA announced that their team for building partner capacity transferred "state-of-the-art" CBRN equipment to the Lithuanian Armed