Gov & Industry
The Finnish producer of CBRNe situational awareness solutions, Observis, has announced that Mervi Ryynänen will join the company as CEO on 7 September 2026. In a press release published on their website 13 August, Observis wrote that Mervi Ryynänen "brings more than 25 years of international leadership experience in
EOD/IEDD
More than a dozen Somali army personnel were reportedly killed on Monday 10 August when a military truck carrying troops was struck by an improvised explosive device near the town of Mubarak in Somalia's Lower Shabelle region, near the capital of Mogadishu. According to an article published by
CBRN
A 10-year-old girl found a small, rust-coloured disk on Delaware's Broadkill Beach that was eventually discovered to be marked with the words "RADIOACTIVE POISON INSIDE", triggering a major hazardous materials response. According to an article published by Delaware Online on 12 August, Everleigh
Allen-Vanguard, a Canadian counter-IED specialist, announced on 11 June 2026, that it had signed over $3 million USD worth of contracts to supply electronic countermeasures equipment to two African nations. This includes the company’s vehicle-mounted 3XXX ECM suite and its portable SCORPION 2 system. The announcement
A full version of this article was originally published on 4 June 2026 on Military Africa. Red H#sh Magazine is reposting on 11 August 2026 at the request of a reader. The original article can be read here. In early June 2026, Russia’s Africa Corps quietly announced something
This article was originally published on 29 August 2025 on Military Africa. Red H#sh Magazine is reposting on 11 August 2026 at the request of a reader. The original article can be read here. In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), this innovation arrives amid one of the region’
This article was originally published on 15 September 2023 on Military Africa. Red H#sh Magazine is reposting on 11 August 2026 at the request of a reader. The original article can be read here. The Sudanese armed forces have begun operating improvised kamikaze drones, very likely based on commercial-
CBRN
The Ukrainian National Guard has unveiled a new fleet of armoured vehicles for chemical and radiological reconnaissance. In a post on Facebook on Monday 10 August, the commander of the Ukrainian National Guard, BG Oleksandr Pivnenko, wrote that the new vehicles will strengthen the radiation, chemical and biological protection units&
Exercises & Events
Taiwan’s 3rd Theater of Operations conducted a CBRN response drill at critical infrastructure in the city of Taoyuan on Sunday 9 August. According to a post on X by the Taiwan Security Monitor, the exercise simulated hazardous-material leaks following enemy joint fire strikes. "Chemical troops established a
Uncrewed Systems
The Ukrainian company WINFLY has unveiled its WINFLY Spider interceptor designed to counter fixed-wing UAVs, as well as Mavic-series drones, FPV drones, and fibre-optic-controlled UAVs. In an article published by Ukrainian military news outlet Militarnyi, it was reported that the Spider interceptor was developed on the
Gov & Industry
The British supplier of CBRN protective equipment, Avon Protection, has announced that they are relaunching their "Trial & Evaluation" programme in North America. In an article posted on their website, Avon Protection wrote that trial and evaluation gives organisations the opportunity to assess equipment in their own operational
EOD/IEDD
Several people were killed and injured when an IED detonated aboard a passenger minibus in Jaramana, near the Syrian capital of Damascus, on Thursday 6 August. State-run Al-Ikhbariya TV said the device exploded inside the minibus, killing and injuring several people, but provided neither a casualty toll nor