Send in the Blow Flies: Using Insects to Sample Areas for Chemical Warfare Agents
Researchers at the School of Science at IUPUI have found that blow flies can be used as chemical sensors, with ...
Tag: WMD
Deterring Russia’s Biological, Chemical and Nuclear Threat
Biological, Chemical, and Nuclear Weapons: Can the West deter Russia from using them? The National Committee on American Foreign Policy ...
Emergency Response Missions for Recovered Chemical Warfare Material
A group of seasoned U.S. Army civilians are often called to respond on short notice when suspected recovered chemical warfare ...
OPCW Issues Fact-Finding Report on 2016 Chemical Weapons Incident in Kafr Zeita, Syria
Report concludes industrial chlorine cylinder was used as a weapon The Fact-Finding Mission of the Organisation for the Prohibition of ...
The Case for Better Agroterrorism Preparedness
Excerpt from The Pandora Report: An attack on the food supply gives the perpetrating group several benefits. The psychological and ...
Interview: Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins on 8 years of Combating WMD Terrorism
This interview on 80,000 Hours focuses on Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins' time as Ambassador at the U.S. Department of State under ...
U.S. Adds Companies to Economic Blacklist for Providing WMD Activity Support in Syria
The U.S. Commerce Department has added more than a dozen companies and individuals to its trade blacklist for allegedly providing ...
WMD Nonproliferation: A Long-Standing Partnership to Secure “The Polygon”
The Semipalatinsk Test Site dates back to the origin of the Soviet Union’s nuclear program. Established in 1947 and referred ...
CBRNe Summit Europe 2019
Intelligence Sec’s annual CBRNe Summit Europe 2019 will be held 9-11 April 2019 in Birmingham, UK. CBRNe threats are becoming ...
DHS RFI – CWMD Common Viewer Interface for CBP Personnel
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Office has a mission to improve the Nation’s ...
SIGMA+ Expands Rad-Nuc Sensor Network to Detect Chemical, Biological Threats
Building on SIGMA’s advanced capability to sniff out illicit radioactive and nuclear materials, SIGMA+ program aims to create additional sensors ...
Arizona Biosecurity Workshop Forges International Collaboration
Biosecurity professionals from across the U.S. and Mexico gathered on Arizona State University's Tempe campus Dec. 7 and 8 to ...
CBRNe Summit Europe 2017
The 4th annual CBRNe Summit Europe will be held 24-27 April, 2017 in Madrid, Spain. The region’s leading CBRNe officials ...
FBI Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate Marks 10 Years
WMD training during a Nuclear Weapon Accident/Incident (NUWAIX) exercise in Seattle in 2015. Credit: FBI One of the main jobs ...
SAIC Receives $95M NBC Support Contract
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced today it was awarded a contract worth up to $95 million to provide technical ...
DTRA BAA Funding to Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has renewed a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) to support Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction ...
Air Force BAA for Advances in Biosciences
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) 711th Human Performance Wing, Human Effectiveness Directorate (711 HPW/RHP) is soliciting white papers under ...
