Under the expert guidance of instructors from the CBRN Training Centre, Hungarian CBRN personnel spent five days practicing CBRN actions and procedures for working in contaminated areas.
The practical phase of the training was conducted at the Ravnjak training area, which offers perfect conditions for practicing procedures and protective measures for the detection of chemicals, decontamination of terrain and facilities, and the sampling of toxic chemicals.
By participating in this training course, the Hungarian CBRN specialists broadened their knowledge of toxic chemical agents and protective measures, while also gaining hands-on experience of working in environments contaminated with these substances.
Read more…
Source: Ministry of defence Republic of Serbia
Sign up for the Counter-IED Report Newsletters
The latest news and insights delivered right to your inbox
Related:
- Greece: Man detained in psychiatric hospital after threatening to detonate improvised explosive device
December 20, 2024
A Greek-British man has been detained in a psychiatric hospital after threatening to detonate an improvised explosive device outside a Thessaloniki courthouse. The 41 year old had been arrested after he was found to be in possession of the explosive device and a replica gun in a public place, where he was shouting, “I will blow ...
- U.S. Central Command Forces Kill ISIS Leader During Precision Strike in Syria
December 20, 2024
On Dec. 19, U.S. Central Command Forces conducted a precision airstrike targeting ISIS leader Abu Yusif aka Mahmud in the Dayr az Zawr Province, Syria resulting in two ISIS operatives killed, including Abu Yusif. This airstrike is part of CENTCOM’s ongoing commitment, along with partners in the region, to disrupt and degrade efforts by terrorists to ...
- ADF Specialised facility counters IED threats
December 20, 2024
Gallipoli Barracks was recently the scene for an inspection of one of the ADFs new level two counter-IED weapons technical intelligence (L2 WTI) laboratories being delivered by Project Land 154-2 in association with the Defence Science and Technology Group. Each L2 WTI facility is a self-contained containerised and deployable processing facility that allows ADF personnel to ...
- Germany: Vehicle plows into crowded Christmas market in Magdeburg, killing 2 and injuring dozens
December 20, 2024
At least two people were killed, and more than 60 were injured when a car plowed through a crowded Christmas market in eastern Germany on Friday. The suspected driver, identified as a doctor from Saudi Arabia who lived in Germany, was detained, according to a local official. The suspect acted alone, and there was no ongoing ...
- US drops bounty for Syria’s new leader after Damascus meeting
December 20, 2024
Washington is scrapping a long-standing reward for the arrest of Syria’s new leader, a senior U.S. diplomat said Friday, following “positive messages” from a first meeting that included a promise to fight terrorism. Barbara Leaf, Washington’s top diplomat for the Middle East, made the comments after her meeting with Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus — the first ...
- Cambodia: CMAC to clear UXOs in three rivers next year
December 20, 2024
The Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) is setting out to clear unexploded ordnances (UXO) in approximately 500 hectares across three river locations next year. Director General Heng Ratana said yesterday that CMAC has designated the three locations on the Tonle Sap River, the Mekong River, and the Bassac River. The announcement follows the meeting of the ...
- Virginia college student arrested by FBI for plotting terrorist attack on Israeli Consulate
December 20, 2024
A Virginia college student was arrested by the FBI this week for allegedly plotting a terrorist attack on the Israeli Consulate in New York City. Abdullah Ezzeldin Taha Mohamed Hassan, an Egyptian national and 18-year-old student at George Mason University in Virginia, was taken into custody on Tuesday by the FBI Washington Field Office’s Joint Terrorism ...
- Azerbaijani serviceman receives injury due to mine explosion
December 20, 2024
“On December 20, at around 12:00, Azerbaijan Army serviceman, Salmanov Ziyad Ilgar was injured stepping on an anti-personnel mine while performing service and combat tasks in the direction of the Sadarak district of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic on the Azerbaijani-Armenian conditional border,” Azernews reports, citing Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry. “After receiving first medical aid, the wounded ...
- Mexico: 2 more soldiers killed by an improvised landmine, after 2 died earlier this week
December 19, 2024
Two more members of Mexico’s armed forces have been killed by an improvised landmine, just days after two soldiers died in a similar blast, officials confirmed Thursday. The blasts, both in the western state of Michoacan, mark an unprecedented one-week death toll from improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, planted by drug cartels in Mexico. Carlos Torres, ...
- California declared an emergency over bird flu
December 19, 2024
California officials have declared a state of emergency over the spread of bird flu, which is tearing through dairy cows in that state and causing sporadic illnesses in people in the U.S. That raises new questions about the virus, which has spread for years in wild birds, commercial poultry and many mammal species. The virus, also known ...
- Iraq: Over 500 mines and explosives removed in Duhok
December 18, 2024
On Wednesday, the General Directorate for Mine Affairs in Duhok province announced the removal and detonation of over 500 landmines. The Directorate’s Media Official, Reger Besfki, told Shafaq News that a mine and ordnance removal team successfully conducted an operation in the Kawashi village of the Simele (Sumail) district, clearing and detonating 530 explosive devices. Besfki further ...
- Montreal synagogue firebombed in suspected hate crime
December 18, 2024
Firefighting teams responded to the scene at 3 a.m. to extinguish the flames. The synagogue’s window and door were shattered in the blaze. Witnesses reported seeing at least one individual near the site before the fire began. Beth Tikvah, located near Montreal’s Jewish Federation building, also houses a school, making it a central hub for the ...
- Jammu and Kashmir: Police hosts workshop on IED data management, post blast operation
December 18, 2024
A One-day training program on IED data management and post blast investigation was organized by Zonal Police Kashmir at PCR Kashmir in collaboration with officials of National Security Guards. The training program was inaugurated by IGP Kashmir & was attended by SSP Srinagar, SO to IGP Kashmir and other senior officers of Police Headquarters through virtual ...
- Mexico: Explosion kills 2 soldiers in suspected booby trap by drug cartel after dismembered bodies found
December 18, 2024
An improvised land mine apparently planted by a drug cartel killed two Mexican soldiers and wounded five others, Mexico’s defense secretary said Tuesday. Before the blast, the soldiers had discovered the dismembered bodies of three people, officials said. Gen. Ricardo Trevilla acknowledged that the army had already suffered six deaths from such improvised explosive devices, or ...
- Pope assassination plot foiled by UK intelligence
December 18, 2024
A plot to assassinate Pope Francis during a trip to Iraq was stopped following a tip-off from British intelligence, according to his upcoming autobiography. The Pope writes that, after landing in Baghdad in March 2021, he was told an event at which he was set to appear was being targeted by two suicide bombers. Both attackers ...