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:
- India: IED defused in Kakching district, Manipur
September 25, 2025
Security forces uncovered and safely defused an improvised explosive device (IED) weighing 8.467-kilogram planted along a roadside at Wangoo Lamkhai Kaibung under Wangoo police station in Kakching district today. According to reliable sources, a joint team of Kakching district commandos and the 46th Assam Rifles discovered the IED during routine foot patrols on the road connecting ...
- DR Congo: A new Ebola outbreak kills dozens as health officials warn of lack of funds
September 25, 2025
As a deadly new Ebola outbreak kills dozens in southern Congo, health authorities and organizations are sounding the alarm, warning they lack the funds and resources to mount an effective response to the crisis. The World Health Organization said Wednesday that 57 cases and 35 deaths have been reported since the outbreak was announced by Congolese ...
- Israel strikes Yemen’s Sanaa after Houthi drone attack on Eilat
September 25, 2025
The Israeli military said it struck military targets linked to Yemen’s Houthis in Sanaa on Thursday, a day after the group claimed a drone attack on a hotel in Israel’s Red Sea resort of Eilat. The Houthi general staff’s control headquarters, security and intelligence compounds, and military camps where among the targets attacked by the Israeli ...
- Ohio: Mason man pleads guilty to transporting explosive materials to local park
September 24, 2025
CINCINNATI – James River Phillips, 21, of Mason, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to illegally transporting explosive materials. Phillips was arrested in April 2025 by the FBI Cincinnati Field Office’s Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) after agents executed search warrants in Mason, Oxford and Liberty Township. According to court documents, on Sept. 22, 2024, ...
- India: New IED threat in Chhattisgarh, Maoists turn beer bottles into bombs
September 24, 2025
There’s a new security headache for forces battling Maoist insurgency in Chhattisgarh: empty beer bottles. In an intriguing development, security personnel, on Monday, recovered and defused ‘bottle IEDs’ — crude bombs packed inside empty beer bottles. The bottles rigged with explosives were planted by Maoists at Indravati National Park in the insurgency-hit Bijapur district of Bastar ...
- Defense & Security 2025: Where Global Forces Connect and Advance
September 24, 2025
Returning for its 12th edition this November, Defense & Security 2025 reaffirms Thailand’s role as ASEAN’s strategic hub for defense and security dialogue. Held biennially, the show has evolved into the region’s most influential tri-service defense and internal security exhibition. Taking place from 10–13 November 2025 at IMPACT Exhibition & Convention Center, Bangkok, the event ...
- Cambodia and Thailand launch Joint Coordinating Task Force on border demining
September 24, 2025
The Ministry of National Defense announced this morning that Cambodia and Thailand have officially launched the Joint Coordinating Task Force (JCTF) to oversee humanitarian demining operations along their shared border. According to Lieutenant General Maly Socheata, spokeswoman of the Ministry of National Defense, the JCTF held its first meeting via video teleconference on September 24, in ...
- Norway: Police investigate explosion in central Oslo
September 24, 2025
Norwegian police said on Tuesday they were investigating a blast on a street in central Oslo and later conducted a controlled detonation of a second explosive device found on the site, adding that a suspect had been apprehended for questioning. There were no reports of injuries at the location, in the immediate vicinity of a university ...
- Nigeria: Boko Haram factions using animal waste to disguise improvised explosive devices
September 23, 2025
Boko Haram factions are increasingly using dung to disguise improvised explosive devices Boko Haram factions are increasingly using dung to disguise improvised explosive devices (IEDs), in particular landmines, and boost their ignition. These landmines are similar to conventional antipersonnel landmines – not in their shape and composition – but in their tactical use and mode of activation. ...
- Pakistan: 10 civilians among 24 killed in Tirah blast
September 23, 2025
At least 14 terrorists and 10 civilians were killed in a powerful explosion at an improvised explosive device (IED) manufacturing facility in the Akakhel area of Khyber district, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), late on Sunday night. According to the state-run Associated Press of Pakistan (APP), the blast occurred inside the IED-making factory set up by Khawarij militants Amaan ...
- Cleaning up the battlefield: Altus Airmen take on CBRN training with Fort Sill
September 23, 2025
FORT SILL, Okla. — Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear—more commonly known throughout the military as CBRN—refers to the malicious use of hazardous materials or agents that can cause widespread illness, injury, or death. So why does the military train for these types of attacks? To ensure mission readiness in environments where such hazards may be present. ...
- Pakistan: Explosion derails Jaffar Express in Balochistan, leaving several injured
September 23, 2025
Several passengers were injured when three carriages of the Jaffar Express derailed in the Dasht area of Mastung, Balochistan, on Tuesday, following an explosion on the railway track, officials confirmed. Railway authorities reported that one of the carriages overturned, while two others went off the track. The train, which was traveling from Peshawar to Quetta at ...
- U.S. Navy EOD Joins 17 Allied Nations for Northern Challenge 2025 in Iceland
September 23, 2025
Navy explosive ordnance disposal technicians worked in tandem with 17 allied nations during Northern Challenge 2025, a multinational counter-improvised explosive device exercise Sept. 9-18 across multiple training sites in Iceland. Hosted by the Icelandic Coast Guard, Northern Challenge is NATO’s premier exercise for countering IEDs and strengthening interoperability between allied forces. The exercise brought together more ...
- Pakistan: Digital battlefield – Militants vs the State in the war of narratives
September 23, 2025
There was a time when militants published newspapers, periodicals, posters, magazines, and distributed CDs to fuel their propaganda machinery. In recent years, however, they have become as equipped in the use of digital media as state actors, if not more. Moreover, militants’ transnational outreach with like-minded jihadists has helped them formulate advanced propaganda techniques to ...
- Washington: Explosive device with black powder found outside Tonasket High School
September 22, 2025
Authorities in Washington are seeking the public’s help after an improvised explosive device (IED) was found Thursday on a walking path near a high school campus. The Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to a walking path near Tonasket High School Thursday afternoon after a local woman reported finding a suspicious item on the path. ...