Spring 2011
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LEADER
CONTENTS
CBRNeNEWS
FOUND IN TRANSLATION
Gwyn Winfield sees the work that the Japanese are doing in CBRN defence.
SO LONELY…
CBRNe World went to Seoul to look at their capability in dealing with a Nuclear North.
NEW TOYS FOR A HARD GAME
Major Christophe Libeau, Director of HazMat & CBRN training centre of Fire & Rescue Brigade of Paris and Deputy CBRN Senior Technical Advisor, on their new mobile decontamination units
AND YOUR IBRD CAN SING…
Dr Ryan Madden, Program Manager at DTRA, and Christopher Russell, Program Manager from the DHS tell CBRNe World about ensuring that their prized possessions don’t weigh them down…
VITAL ORGANS
Major Greg Moore, Project Director for the Vital Point Biological Sentry (VPBS) Project and Mr. Umang Bali, Project Manager,VPBS, from the Canadian DND provided written responses to CBRNe World’s questions.
COME FLY WITH ME?
Steve Johnson looks into the new protective flight ensemble for air crews.
EXPANSION PLANS
Mitch Stern, Head of the CBRN Programme and Joris DeBaerdemaker, Bioterrorism Prevention Programme Manager from Interpol tell Gwyn Winfield about increasing their horizons.
THE NETWORK OF EXCELLENCE
Michael Thornton, Project Coordinator CBRN-COE from the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, tells Gwyn Winfield about their version of a Centre of Excellence.
OLD BIN LADEN HAD A FARM...
Dr Gary Vroegindewey, Director of the Global Health Initiative, at the University of Maryland, tells Gwyn Winfield about curbing agri-terrorism.
RADIATION DETECTION IN THE FACE OF DISASTER
Steve Johnson looks at some of the early lessons learned from Fukushima Daiichi.
SEA, B, R, N
Michael Purello, Head, CBR Defense Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren, tells CBRNe World about the C-nior service.
FIFTEEN MILLION PLASTIC BAGS
CBRNe World looks at the issue of fatality decontamination.
WHEN IRISH EYES ARE SMILING…
Steve Johnson heads over to Dublin’s fair city, to find something better than a girl that is so pretty…
THE MODERN DRAGON SOLDIER?
Adam Baddeley on integrating soldier modernisation with CBRN.
COURTING CBRN
Zdenek Hybl, Legal Advisor for the Czech JCBRN Centre of Excellence on the legal aspects of combating CBRN terrorism.
CAPABILITY PROFILES
BOOK REVIEW
Inside the Danger Zones
Travels to arresting places
Paul Moorcraft
HANDHELD RAD IDENTIFIERS
CRYSTAL BALL
The Crystal ball is an article written for each edition of CBRNe World. The magazine is focusing on the growth of defence against non-conventional weapons, from NBC, to CBRN to CBRNE. The aim of Crystal Ball is to raise issues that will likely effect CBRN defence in 20 years’ time.
PRAIRIE DOG
Governor Gabriel Cinomis, a Prairie Dog, gives his opinion of CBRN matters from his unique perspective.