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:
- Statement by Acting SRSG Stephanie Williams on the Death of Two Libyan Mine Clearance Workers in Southern Tripoli
July 6, 2020
Tripoli, 06 July 2020 – Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General (ASRSG) for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Stephanie Williams expresses her deep sadness and regret over the death of two humanitarian mine clearance workers yesterday in southern Tripoli and offers her heartfelt condolences to their families and ...
- Nigeria’s DHQ: Military Clashed with Insurgents 17 Times in June
July 6, 2020
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) at the weekend said troops clashed 17 times with insurgents in the North-east in the month of June. The clashes resulted in the death of 75 insurgents and an army officer while 35 captives were liberated. Giving an update on the war against insurgency, the Directorate of Defence Media Operations (DDMO) said the ...
- The Philippines Anti-Terrorism Act: Who Guards the Guardians?
July 6, 2020
In a move that surprised many, in early June 2020 amid the Philippines’ COVID-19 pandemic challenges, President Rodrigo Duterte certified as “urgent” the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020. In just a matter of days, the House of Representatives dispensed with any further review process and accepted the Senate version of the bill, then promptly sent it ...
- Hurras al-Din poses a security challenge in Syria
July 6, 2020
HaD is avowedly loyal to Al-Qaeda and its leadership is dominated by non-Syrian Al-Qaeda veterans. Hurras al-Din (HaD), Arabic for “Guardians of Religion”, are hardcore Al-Qaeda elements who broke away from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the strongest insurgent group in the Idlib enclave. According to counterextremism.com, Hurras al-Din (HaD) was formed on February 27, 2018, by ...
- Airforwarders Association: How to handle the all-cargo screening mandate
July 6, 2020
In the first article of a new column series from the Airforwarders Association, executive director Brandon Fried outlines how we can approach the latest US all-cargo screening mandate, due to come into effect in June 2021, without risking our safety. Air cargo security is constantly evolving, and the next chapter could have a profound impact on ...
- Afghanistan: 3 Police Killed in Herat Roadside Mine Blast
July 5, 2020
At least three policemen were killed and three others were wounded in a roadside mine blast in the Kohistan district of Herat on the Herat-Islam Qala highway on Saturday, local officials said. The incident happened around 100 km away from Herat city as a police vehicle struck a roadside mine, said Amindullah Haft Bala, district governor ...
- India: Two men killed in crude bomb explosion in Murshidabad
July 5, 2020
Two people in a house in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district were killed in the early hours of Saturday after a stockpile of crude bombs exploded. The incident occurred in Ahiron Ghoshpara in the Suti police station area of Jangipur subdivision. The police suspect that the men were making the bombs when the blast occurred. The others ...
- Taliban violence is unacceptable, it has to go down: NATO SCR
July 5, 2020
he NATO called on the Taliban group to decrease violence as the country is going towards an intra-Afghan peace dialogue. Stefano Pontecorvo, the NATO Senior Civilian Representative to Afghanistan in a video message published on his twitter account has said that the Taliban violence has to go down as it creates an issue for the ongoing ...
- Jammu & Kashmir: IED Blast In Pulwama Leaves CRPF Personnel Injured
July 5, 2020
A CRPF personnel was injured in a low-intensity improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Pulwama district of south Kashmir on Sunday, police said. State forces also detected and defused another IED in the district later, a police official said. The official said the IED blast occurred at Gongoo area of Pulwama in South Kashmir this morning as ...
- Punjab: 3 held for Moga blast, made bomb watching YouTube tutorial to settle score with former employer
July 5, 2020
Moga Police has arrested three men for their involvement in the June 30 blast case outside a food stall. The explosive device, that went off in Moga on Tuesday, was made and planted by three people, including two brothers, to settle a score with a former employer, SSP Moga Harmanbir Singh Gill said. The police had ...
- Military experience inspires Harvard professor’s nanofiber body armor research
July 4, 2020
Seven years of Harvard University research into bulletproof armor began with a simple question of how to protect soldiers’ private parts from blast wounds. The problem inspired Harvard professor Kit Parker, a veteran of four tours in Afghanistan, to begin research that led to the development of a lightweight nanofiber material that can stop both bullets ...
- Kabul Police foil militants bid to detonate a remote-controlled bomb in the city
July 4, 2020
The Kabul Police foiled militants bid to detonate a remote-controlled bomb in the city, the Kabul Police Headquarters said. According to a statement released by Kabul Police, the militants had planted a remote-controlled bomb on a roadside in Shewaki area located in the 8th district of the city. The statement further added that the police forces managed ...
- 6 Killed, 15 Injured in Somalia Bombings
July 4, 2020
At least five people were killed and more than eight others wounded when a government security checkpoint was bombed in Baidoa, Somalia’s administrative capital of Southwest State, on Saturday, witnesses and security officials said. Officials in Baidoa, about 250 kilometers west of Mogadishu, told VOA Somali that the blast apparently came from a remote-controlled landmine planted ...
- Cyprus: Safety warning after grenade found in garden
July 4, 2020
olice on Saturday urged people to immediately alert authorities if they come across suspicious items after a grenade was found in the yard of a house in the Larnaca district. According to the police, the grenade was found on Friday afternoon, and the person who located it had moved it to a different location. “Although in an ...
- Afghanistan: Explosion targets police vehicle in Kabul
July 4, 2020
An explosion ripped through a vehicle of the Afghan National Police (ANP) forces in Kabul city earlier today, the security sources said. According to the officials in Kabul Police Headquarters, a magnetic bomb planted in a police vehicle went off at around 7:21 am local time in the 11th district of the city. The officials further added ...