By Alastair Jamieson published on 11/1/2018 Nuclear strikes could be launched by mistake because aging or unsophisticated weapons systems are vulnerable to cyberattacks, an international relations think tank warned Thursday. A hack could lead to false information being passed to decision makers during a crisis, the think tank, Chatham House, based in London, said in […]

Published on 15/12/2017 New drones were demonstrated by Russia’s International Anti-Mining Center’s sapper units for mine-disarming. Dmitry Klochko, director of LocMas who told mil.today: “To neutralize mines, we use small and very small quadcopters. An adapted drone picks up an anti-mine charge and puts it on a detected mine. After a time set by a […]

Published on 11/12/2017 Body-worn cameras, laptops, smartphones and mobile working -all those things sounded like science fiction to the Metropolitan police officers not long time ago. But now, what started as a way to cut expenses is turning police work to be easier for Metropolitan police officers. As police forces up and down the country […]

Published on 16/11/2017 The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) is soliciting proposals for the advanced research and development of medical countermeasures (MCM) as part of the Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise (PHEMCE). The Broad Agency Announcement (BAA-18-100-SOL-00003) aims for advanced research and development of MCMs for chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear (CBRN) agents, pandemic […]

By Madeline Bodine published on 13/11/2017 The poultry farmers of Iowa could see it coming, almost like a storm on the horizon. Avian influenza struck Minnesota — the nation’s largest turkey producer — first, striking hardest where turkey production was the dominant industry. It then jumped to Missouri, then Arkansas, then north to Kansas and […]

The EU coordinates national policies to combat major cross-border threats to public health, including deliberate or accidental release of CBRN agents. The EU also develops CBRN preparedness and response plans at the EU-level. What are CBRN threats? EU preparedness focuses on all types of CBRN hazard – man-made, natural, accidental or deliberate, e.g. deliberate contamination […]