The Radioactive Legacy of Depleted Uranium Ammunition Comes to Ukraine

The United Kingdom is sending Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine equipped with armor piercing depleted uranium rounds. Countries like the U.S., U.K., and Russia manufacture ammunition using depleted uranium because the metal is heavy and dense, making it ideal to Read More …

New York: Massive emergency response in Midtown after woman found dead in car from exposure to ‘hazardous materials’

A woman died in Midtown Sunday after being exposed to “hazardous materials,” police said. The 35-year-old victim was found unresponsive in the back of a vehicle on East 56th Street and Sutton Place at around 11:23 a.m. on March 5. Read More …

China reveals plans to train 5,000 soldiers from developing nations over the next five years

The announcement, which appeared in a paper on Beijing’s Global Security Initiative published earlier this week, comes amid a move to boost Beijing’s global security influence. According to SCMP, the report said: “Beijing plans to create more international platforms for Read More …

UK Government targets bomb making materials and poisons in new crackdown

Today (23 January 2023) the government has laid secondary legislation to further tighten controls for poisons and chemicals which can be used to make explosives, also known as ‘explosives precursors’, by updating the Poisons Act 1972. Following the Manchester Arena Read More …

UK: Uranium detected in package at Heathrow Airport

A small amount of uranium has been detected in a package that arrived in the UK at Heathrow Airport following a routine screening. The Metropolitan Police said its counter-terrorism command unit was contacted by Border Force colleagues at the airport Read More …

Germany: Man arrested on suspicion of procuring cyanide and ricin for ‘Islamist-motivated’ attack

A man has been arrested in Germany on suspicion of procuring the deadly poisons cyanide and ricin to be used in an “Islamist-motivated” attack, authorities have said. The 32-year-old, an Iranian citizen, was arrested in the city of Castrop-Rauxel, in Read More …

Highly specialized U.S. Army units hone skills together at Defense Nuclear Weapons School

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – Units from the U.S. military’s premier all hazards command trained together during a radiological course at the Defense Nuclear Weapons School on Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. Soldiers from the 20th Chemical, Biological, Read More …

United States Donates CBRN Detection Equipment to Thailand

The United States Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) donated chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) detection equipment worth USD $2.1 million to the Kingdom of Thailand’s Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) during a handover ceremony on December 9, Read More …