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:
- Nigeria: 775 killed, 1,321 injured by remnant of explosive ordnance in Northeast
October 22, 2022
The Federal Government has disclosed that 755 civilians have been killed and 1,321 injured by the remnants of Explosive Ordnance (EO) in the Northeast in the last six years. The Federal Government also said the figure indicates that at least one civilian dies every day from explosive ordnance. Majority of the victims, according to the government, are ...
- UK: Cash stolen from ATM after ‘small explosion’ at Launceston Co-op
October 21, 2022
Cash was stolen from an ATM in Launceston after thieves caused a ‘small explosion’ and reversed their van into the machine. The incident happened at a Co-op store on Newport Industrial Estate at around 2am on Thursday 20 October. Devon and Cornwall Police say the ram raid was carried out by two male suspects. Read more… Source: ITV News
- Military Working Dogs and Marines and Helicopters, Oh My!
October 21, 2022
JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – The 87th Security Forces Squadron K-9 section held a Joint Force training with members of the Marine Aircraft Group 49 where military working dogs were familiarized with helicopter transportation. By leveraging resources and training capabilities, two Joint Partners were able to immerse pilots, air crew, and military working dogs in a ...
- Yemen: Security official survives explosion in Shabwa governorate, 3 killed
October 20, 2022
A senior official of Yemen’s pro-government security forces survived an explosion that struck his motorcade in the country’s southern oil-rich province of Shabwa on Thursday, a government official told Xinhua. “The explosion apparently caused by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), targeted the motorcade of Brigadier Awad Dhiban along with his soldiers while they were passing through ...
- Jammu and Kashmir: Army Bomb Disposal Squad defused 20kg IED at Baramulla-Handwara highway
October 20, 2022
Security forces have averted a major terror plot by timely neutralisation of the IED. The traffic which was halted on the Baramulla-Handwara road in Jammu and Kashmir for initial hours was resumed at 10.00 am This is the second IED which was destroyed by the bomb disposal squad in north Kashmir in the past five days. An ...
- Myanmar: Eight killed in Yangon prison bomb explosions
October 20, 2022
At least two bombs exploded outside a prison in Myanmar’s commercial hub Yangon on Wednesday, killing eight people and wounding 18. The Southeast Asian country has been in turmoil since a military coup that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian government, with swathes of the country engulfed in fighting. The bombs hit a crowd queueing to drop ...
- India: ‘Highly radicalised’ operative of ISIS ‘Voice of Hind’ module arrested by NIA in Varanasi
October 20, 2022
Basit Kalam Siddiqui (24), an operative of the ISIS ‘Voice of Hind’ module, was arrested from Varanasi. He was arrested in a case related to the conspiracy hatched by ISIS, to radicalise and recruit youth in India to wage war against the State by carrying out terrorist acts. He is accused of giving training on making ...
- Chile police foil bomb attack in Santiago business district
October 20, 2022
Chile’s police on Thursday foiled a bomb attack in Santiago as they found an explosive device placed in the eastern side of the capital city, Interior Minister Carolina Toha said, adding that authorities have opened an investigation to find those responsible for the threat. Security forces blocked access to an area comprised of corporate buildings in ...
- Iraq: IED explosion kills Peshmerga officer, wounds seven others
October 19, 2022
In improvised explosive device (IED) attacks in the Garmiyan region of Sulaimani province on Wednesday, at least a Peshmerga officer was killed and seven others were wounded, the Kurdish force announced. The forces were deployed in Tawer Kawa village of Zinana and Palkana in Garmiyan as part of a sweeping anti-ISIS operation while the IEDs struck ...
- Mali: Progress on transition, peace process, amid ongoing insecurity
October 18, 2022
El-Ghassim Wane, head of the UN mission in Mali, MINUSMA, presented the latest UN Secretary-General’s report on the peacekeeping operation. He briefed ambassadors on progress in the transition and peace process, while also addressing ongoing insecurity and rising humanitarian needs. Mr. Wane was speaking a day after a MINUSMA vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in the ...
- Fourth UN peacekeeper dies after Mali roadside bomb attack
October 18, 2022
A fourth United Nations soldier has died from injuries from a highway bomb in northern Mali, a day after the blast claimed the lives of three of his comrades, a spokesman for the UN peacekeeping mission said Tuesday. Their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device (IED) during a search for mines in Tessalit, in the deeply ...
- Ireland: Surprise ‘gift’ to war museum of 18 lb shell made safe by army
October 18, 2022
Owner of the Military Museum in Collon William Sullivan is used to people offering him war memorabilia, but he got the shock of his life on Friday when he thought a live shell was left at his door! The drama started around lunchtime when a visitor brought something he’d found in his shed, and the day ...
- ‘Powerful explosions’ behind two Nord Stream gas pipeline leaks in Baltic Sea
October 18, 2022
A preliminary investigation of damage on the two Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Danish part of the Baltic Sea shows the leaks were caused by “powerful explosions”, Copenhagen Police has said. The force added officers investigated the “crime scenes” with assistance from Denmark’s armed forces and in collaboration with the Danish security and intelligence agency. The ...
- Somalia: IED blast in Mogadishu leaves 8 dead, 5 injured
October 17, 2022
At least 8 people were killed and over 5 wounded in an explosion that rocked Mogadishu, the Somali capital on Monday evening, witnesses and police said. The IED blast occurred on a busy street in El-Qalow area located in the Wadajir district. It took place during a traffic jam that a high toll of deaths, according ...
- Ohio: Costumed sex offender pleads guilty to planting bomb at romantic rival’s Maryland home
October 17, 2022
An Ohio cosplayer pleaded guilty Wednesday to planting a bomb at a perceived romantic rival’s house in Maryland, which nearly killed the recipient and caused more than $45,000 in damage to the home. Clayton Alexander McCoy, a 32-year-old registered sex offender who lived with his mother, drove more than 350 miles on Oct. 30, 2020 in ...