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(A little something about weaponized disinformation, with an obscure song reference from the 80s)
You know what, Stuart, I like you. You're not like the other people, here, in the trailer park.
The 2001 Anthrax Attacks offered many lessons in what not do when it came to a biological threat. Unfortunately, now as we find ourselves in the midst of a global pandemic, it seems no one learned any of those lessons. CBRNPro.net takes a look back at the White Powder Rodeo of 2001 and what it means for today.
Part 3 of the CBRNPro.net series on CBRN equipment selection and use examines Ion-Mobility Spectrometry (IMS) based Chemical Agent Detectors, how they work and sometimes don’t work the way you expect, as well as a few best practices for their use, along with some useful tips and techniques to help you get the most out of your IMS detector.
A new post exploring personal radiation monitoring and detection, the second part of a new series at CBRNPro.net titled “I don’t think you are doing that right…” Equipment selection and use in CBRN operations.
Follow the link to my book review of Michael H. Armacost’s The Politics of Weapons Innovation: The Thor-Jupiter Controversy., a book about the inter-service rivalry between the Air Force and Army Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile Programs in the 1950s that matched Bernard Shriver’s Western Development Division of the Air Force (and its TRW Corporation) against the Army’s superior rocket team at Red Stone Arsenal led by Werner Von Braun (and Chrysler Motor Company), which would go on to form an essential part of NASA.
CBRN world is full of technology and various “magic boxes” designed to provide information. Many of these devices are in the hands of operators who lack an understanding of the technology they use. This series examines some of the critical pieces of equipment in CBRN operations and the ways operators can utilize their equipment properly to improve safety and increase operational awareness.
Buy our new book! A completely new version of Rexmond Cochrane’s classic containing all new material, just in time for the centennial of the battle at Belleau Wood.
Clickbait. Every site has it these days. We didn’t want to be different. So here you go: The Top Ten Things People Get Wrong About CBRN
The OPCW turned 21 recently and they really need a drink. This post gets down and dirty and addresses a topic I usually try to avoid (Syria), if only because everything I read about it is usually wrong. But it is the anniversary of the Chemical Weapons Convention and it is time to shed some light in the darkness.
One of our readers requested some additional source material about some of what I write about on CBRNPro.net. The Further Reading list posted today will appear in our forthcoming book on Belleau Wood and in our series of publications of Rexmond Cochrane's work, but I'm posting it here for a "living version" on our website to encourage others to learn more about the most critical part of CBRN history - the beginning.
Are we as unprepared as we were in 1917? Or as ready as we were in 1990? War in Korea would be chemical. That has consequences for military operations. Are we ready for them?
Preview our forthcoming book, the first in a series, and learn how you can score a free t-shirt, coffee mug, or sticker.
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