Spring 2010

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EVIDENCE FOR THE PROSECUTION

Dr Vahid Majidi, Assistant Director of the WMD Director4ate within the FBI, tells Gwyn Winfield about their specialist sample taking and counter WMD work.
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FORCE PROJECTION

Major General Thomas Spoehr, Director of Force Development for the US Army, talks to Gwyn Winfield about the role for CBRN in future Army plans.
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EASTERN MEDICINE

Colonel Dr Faizal Baharuddin, of the Malaysian Ministry of Defence, on building Malaysia’s CBRN defence capability.
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TERRORISTS AND CBRN IN INDONESIA

Kevin Salim, a CBRN expert in Indonesia offers a personal view of his country’s threat and capability.
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GROWING CLOSER, STAYING DISTINCT

Ylva Larsson-Leufven from the Development Department of the Swedish National CBRN Defence Centre tells Gwyn Winfield about growing government interoperability and new roles.
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CBW SYMPOSIUM REVIEW

The 10th International Symposium on Protection against Chemical and Biological Warfare agents in Stockholm in June has long been a place to showcase new products, we offer some of them.
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CLOSE FITTING WOODEN BOX

CBRNe World travels to Indian Head to see the US Marine Corps urban search and rescue facility for the hot zone.
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MAC THRAX – THE SCOTTISH PATHOGEN

Gwyn Winfield looks at the anthrax incidents that have been affecting drug users in Europe.
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A LITTLE RAIN MUST FALL

Paul Benda, Director of CBRNE Directorate within the Pentagon Force Protection Agency tells Gwyn Winfield about their findings from their mass biological decontamination exercise.
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OUT DAMN’D SPOT

CBRNe World looks at some of the approaches being taken to contamination detection.
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THE GAS AGE

Pat nelson explores the history of chemical detectors
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THE WHEELS ON THE LAB GO ROUND AND ROUND...

Monica Heyl, CEO of Monica Heyl and associates, examines mobile laboratories and whether they know their rank...
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EUROPEAN BIO-UNION

Lieutenant Colonel Marc Caudrillier, EDS’s Deputy Chairman BioEdep and France’s CBRN programme Officer on the Joint Staff, discusses Europe’s collaborative attempt to get a comprehensive biological capability programme underway.
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BRIGHT SPARQS

Dr Jan Bruggerman and Dr Maarten Nieuwenhuizen of the Biological and Chemical Protection Business Unit in TNO discuss their new bioaerosol: BioSparQ
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SPREAD THIN LIKE SCHOOL JAM

Brian O’Shea looks at the world of man-portable jammers and wonders if they are the coming thing.
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JUST CONTAIN YOURSELF

Richard Bouma, Senior Scientist at the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), describes the European Defence Agency’s work on explosive containment.
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COME FLY WITH ME

Steve Johnson looks at the role of UAVs in CBRN defence.
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EUROPEAN UNION NEEDS BETTER COUNSEL?

Brian O’Shea looks at the current EU CBRN Action Plan and tries to offer a Euro-Sceptic view and a Europhile view.
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BRAZIL!

LIEUTENANT Colonel Paulo Malizia, Chief of the Brazilian Army’s CBRN Technological Centre, tells CBRNe World about the work they are doing.
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EPIDEMIOLOGY OF NATURAL DISEASES: A SECURITY MATTER?

Professor Maria J Espona, of Argiq-leps, outlines the diverse range of South American pathogens and asks whether they pose a threat.
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CAPABILITY PROFILES

Technical details of the latest CBRN technology.
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EXPLOSIVES DETECTION TECHNOLOGY ROUNDUP

A survey of explosives detectors
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PRAIRIE DOG

Governor Gabriel Cinomis, a Prairie Dog, gives his opinion of CBRN matters from his unique perspective.
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