Singapore, U.S. Demonstrate WMD Defenses

Singapore and the United States yesterday conducted a defense demonstration of how to respond to an attack with biological, chemical and radioactive agents, the Xinhua News Agency reported (see GSN, Nov. 19).

Teams from the Singapore Armed Forces’ Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Explosives Defense Group and the U.S. 4th Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team demonstrated handling of sarin, ricin and radioactive cobalt 60, according to local news reports.

The demonstration was part of the International Symposium on Protection Against Toxic Substances that ended today, Xinhua reported (Xinhua, Dec. 9).

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