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Thermobarics and Depleted Uranium: Pushing out the Conventional Envelope 

By Andy Oppenheimer With Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine extending well into its second year, Andy Oppenheimer reviews the deployment of weapons on the edge...

Project PROACTIVE: An Inclusive Human-Centered Approach in CBRNe Preparedness and Response 

By Grigore Havarneanu PROACTIVE stands for “PReparedness against CBRNE threats through cOmmon Approaches between security praCTItioners and the VulnerablE civil society”. It was a Research...

CBW Defense on the “Circuit” 

By Kevin Cresswell Executive Protection (EP), Close Protection (CP), The “Circuit” or VIP Protection, however you term it, is not just concerned with conventional threats....

Record-breaking 9th edition of NCT USA takes place in Maryland on September 5-7

Edgewood (MD), September 5-7 – The ninth edition of the leading CBRNe (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives) event in the USA took place...

China’s Participation in Russian Military Exercises  

By David Oliver David Oliver discusses what China’s participation in Russian military exercises means for the war in Ukraine and for global security. On March 20,...

IED Threats: An Update 

By Andy Oppenheimer While attacks using IEDs (improvised explosive devices) have declined in the past year, they remain a weapon of choice for violent Jihadist...

CBRNe Medical Countermeasures 2001 to Date – A Reflection 

By David Bates David Bates addresses how actors can counter an adversary’s desired effects through information manoeuvre, as well as traditional defensive methods by exploiting...

How the International Committee of the Red Cross Responds to Weapon Contamination

By Laurent Robert et co. The ICRC’s Weapon Contamination (WeC) Unit provides crucial assistance in areas where explosive weapons pose a significant threat. Conducting clearance activities...

OPCW News July/August 2023

OPCW Director-General meets high-level officials of the United States Discussions focus on tackling global chemical security challenges. Read more about this article here. Sweden contributes over...

MIRA and IBEX: Out of the Lab and into the Unknown

Securing dangerous sites is the ultimate goal in any sensitive site exploitation (SSE) directive. SSE missions include three main components: enter the site, assess the environment, and collect and identify materials, writes Metrohm.

908 Devices Launches Remote and Continuous Area Monitoring for Aerosol and Vapor Detection

The Boston-based chemical and biochemical analytics company 908 Devices has announced the launch of MX908 Beacon, a unique remote area monitoring system that can...

U.S. Department of Defense Selects Kaléo to Develop Next Generation Nerve Agent Countermeasure

Kaléo, a privately-held U.S. pharmaceutical company, announced in July that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has selected them to develop a Reconstitution Auto-Injector...

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