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The 2026 United States Army biodefence strategy has been announced. In a post on LinkedIn, the Chemical and Biological Defense Program said that the strategy would establish "a modernised framework to protect our forces, enhance readiness and stay ahead of evolving global biological threats". Released by the US
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The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have found themselves at the center of a major crisis following news investigations by leading U.S. media outlets that exposed their involvement in developing and deploying chemical weapons in the ongoing conflict against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Mohsin Osman reports. On Saturday 5
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Sweden has announced a new national strategy to protect against biological threats. Announced on Friday 4 September, the strategy "aims to strengthen preparedness and protect life and health, livelihoods and essential societal functions" and is based on five pillars: anticipate, prevent, detect, act and recover. The Swedish government
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The United States' National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) have removed a radioactive cobalt-60 source from a facility in Guatemala. In an article posted on 27 August, the US Department of Energy reported that, in May, a team from NNSA’s Los Alamos
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The Philippine Bureau of Customs is creating a team that will act as first responders during CBRNE incidents within customs jurisdiction and territory. According to information published on Port Calls, the Customs Memorandum Order No. 14-2026 institutionalises the CBRNE Response Team, consisting of personnel from the Bureau of Customs’
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A major chlorine gas leak at a water treatment plant in Gohani, Nagpur, India, on Monday 24 August resulting in 56 people being hospitalised, according to reports from The Times of India. Eight of them were treated in an intensive care unit. The leak occurred at a water treatment plant
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It has been announced that the United States' Joint Project Manager for CBRN Integrated Early Warning - which is part of the Capability Program Executive for CBRN Defense - has reached a milestone B decision for the "Vehicle Integrated Platform Enhanced RADIAC" technology, abbreviated to VIPER. An article published
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The US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) hosted a field experiment 21-25 July to assess emerging environmental air monitoring and biodefence technologies. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Joint Science and Technology Office sponsored the field experiment event, which was known as the Micro-
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The risk of small, medium and large-scale CBRN attacks have been named in the United Kingdom government's National Risk Register 2026. In the register, it was noted that "malicious actors including terrorists, states or criminals remain interested in CBRN attack methods", although it is currently
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Elements of the Philippines' National Bureau of Investigation and the Presidential Anti-Organised Crime Commission discovered unlicensed radioactive materials and substandard steel products during a raid of the Mighty Steel Plant manufacturing facility in Davao City on Friday 14 August. According to various Philippine sources, a technical examination conducted
Gov & Industry
The United States' Department of Defense's Joint Project Manager for CBRN Medical - itself a component of the Capability Program Executive for CBRN Defense - has announced that it has equipped the Joint Force with a critical defence against nerve agent attacks. In an article published on DVIDS, they
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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