Hungary Sending Mobile Detection Lab to Olympics

Hungary is sending to the Athens Olympics a mobile laboratory capable of detecting a chemical or biological attack within an hour, the country’s defense minister said yesterday (see GSN, July 14).

The nine-person team of doctors and biologists could analyze any agents used in an attack and develop a response, said Defense Minister Ferenc Juhasz.

“This is a special Hungarian development,” he said.

Hungary will pay $135,000 to send the lab to Greece as part of NATO’s efforts to secure the summer games scheduled for Aug. 13-29 (Associated Press, July 14).

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