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Russian Radiation, Chemical And Biological Protection Troops
__NOTOC__ The Troops of Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defence of the Russian Armed Forces () are an organisation designed to reduce the losses of the Russian Ground Forces, Ground Forces and ensuring their combat tasks assigned during operations in conditions of Weapon of mass destruction, radioactive, chemical and biological contamination, as well as at enhancing their survivability and protection against high-precision and other weapons. History In 1944, the Red Army's Chemical Troops had 19 brigades (14 technical and five chemical protection). After the end of World War II, most of them were disbanded. General Major Vladimir Pikalov (promoted to Colonel General by 1975) commanded the Chemical Troops of the Ministry of Defence from March 1968 to December 1988. He was in charge of the specialised military units at the site of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Chernobyl disaster, disaster. Pikalov arrived at the scene on the afternoon of 26 April 1986, and assumed comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBRN Defense
Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense (CBRN defense) or Nuclear, biological, and chemical protection (NBC protection) is a class of protective measures taken in situations where chemical warfare, chemical, biological warfare, biological, radiological warfare, radiological, or nuclear warfare, nuclear (including terrorism) hazards may be present. CBRN defense consists of CBRN passive protection, contamination avoidance, and Weapon of mass destruction, weapons of mass destruction mitigation. A CBRN incident differs from a hazardous material incident in both scope and intent. CBRN incidents are responded to under the assumption that they are intentional and malicious; evidence preservation and perpetrator apprehension are of greater concern than with Hazmat team incidents. A 2011 forecast concluded that worldwide government spending on CBRN defense products and services would reach US$8.38 billion that year. Etymology In English language, English, the 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
