Winter 2008

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PAPER DRAGON

Lt Colonel Xavier Lefebvre, Commanding Officer of the French Dragon Regiment explains to Gwyn Winfield how the new White Paper on defence will impact on his command.
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MYTHS AND MISSES. THE WINDS OF CHANGE

In his first or four articles, Lt Colonel Rick Barker dispels some common misconceptions about CBRN Defence.
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THE CBRN COUNTRY THAT CAME IN FROM THE COLD

Lt Colonel Ivan Lazarevic presented the CBRNe World details on Serbia’s current and future plans for CBRN defence.
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THE LAND THAT CBRN FORGOT

Lt Colonel Nate Michaels, CBRN officer for the 8th army in Seoul South Korea, tells CBRNe World about how they are preparing for the high- intensity NBC conflict.
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CONVERGING ON BUCHAREST

Gwyn Winfield reviews the CBRNe Convergence Conference in Romania.
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MADE IN SINGAPORE

Singapore Workshop provides insight for delegates.
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COMMANDANT AND COMMANDERS CONFERENCE 2008

Gwyn Winfield reviews this year’s conference in Liberec.
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MEDIATING THE REMIDIATION

Charlene “ Bess” Jensen, Director of CARA, tells CBRNe World about the work they are doing on chemical remediation and analytical labs.
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ANALYSE THIS !

Lt Colonel Juan Domingo and Major Rene Pita, Chemical Defence Department of the Spanish NBC School on deployable labs.
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CBRN-ER

Colonel John Pollock, commanding officer of CBIRF, tells Gwyn Winfield about saving lives and taking names.
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TALE OF TWO CITIES

Gwyn Winfield talks to Ottawa and Toronto Fire Services to find out whether they have great expectations or concern about hard times.
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FANTASTIC FOURIER

Gwyn Winfield looks at the current blossoming of popularity of Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy technology.
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DAT OL’ BLACK MAGIC

Michael Desranges, Coordinator CBRN DAT and Captain Laurent Robert, of CEB in France explain about CBRN defence against terrorism.
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CBRN CSI

Ton Theeuwen, of the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI), tells Brian O’Shea about the work they are doing on CBRN crime scene investigation.
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SEEKING DRAGON’S BLOOD

Dr Benoit Simard, Program Leader of Molecular and Nano-Material Architectures, at the National Research Council of Canada, explains the work they are doing on next - generation armour.
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COOL IT!

Cath Rogan, Principal of Smart Garment People on keeping your cool in CBRN clothing.
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A SHOT IN THE EPIDARM

Utimia Madaleno of the European Defence Agency’s research and development directorate on European force protection- a multinational protective system.
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QCM FOR SAFETY

Dr Vladimir Obsel from the Military Technical Institute of Protection (MTIP), in Brno in the Czech Republic, describes the application of the QCM sensor with a polymer-coating detection layer for testing of protection material’s resistance against toxic agents.
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CAPABILITY PROFILES

The latest cbrne technology profiled
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BOOK REVIEWS

Emergency Response handbook for Chemical and biological Agents and Weapons by John C Cushman
How Africa Built Six Atomic Bombs by AL J Venter.
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CRYSTAL BALL

The aim of crystal ball is to raise issues that will likely effect CBRN defence in 20 years’ time.
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DOSIMETER ROUNDUP

A survey of active dosimeters.
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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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