Troops from 40 Commando Royal Marines trained with experts in Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear warfare to make sure they could cope in a worst-case scenario, say the Ministry of Defence.
According to a press release:
“Which is where Exercise Toxic Dagger – the largest of its kind in the UK – comes in, involving Public Health England, the Atomic Weapons Establishment and the government’s military labs, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory. While the commandos have kept up with the latest developments and tactics on the battlefield, the scientists have monitored CBRN progress – and how to defeat them.
40 Commando would be first on the ground in the event of a CBRN incident as the Lead Commando Group, but their brawn requires scientific brain behind it; at DSTL’s headquarters a team is on hand to provide the crucial information to tell them what dangers they face and how to deal with them.”
Lieutenant Colonel Paul Maynard, 40 Cdo’s Commanding Officer said:
“Because the threat is a technical, scientific one, the ability to reach out to organisations with specialist skills greater than ours is crucial.”
The three-week exercise included company-level attacks and various CBRN scenarios based on the latest threats for ultimate realism, such as a raid on a suspected chemical weapons lab.
The Ministry of Defence say that it climaxes with a full-scale exercise involving government and industry scientists and more than 300 military personnel, including the RAF Regiment and the RM Band Service – casualty treatment was a key part of the Salisbury Plain exercise.
Next deployment Castle street Salisbury
Lol. Well Porton and Winterbourne Gunner are just up the road so it would not have taken them long to arrive.
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it beggars belief that we still don’t have a MTP pattern CBRN suit out.
I was issued a pair of CBRN gloves the other month dated 1972. My suit is dated 1991. I drank through GSR with my 1968 dated water bottle that god knows how many countries it’s been in. It’s a testament to the amount of CBRN suits we pumped out back in the day but my god does it look unprofessional. ive had MTP since 2010…
Reading the comment above. I think it is about time the government dusted off some contingency plans and invested a lot more in some new CBRN protective kit.
Especially as someone just delivered a weapon of mass destruction into the heart of Salsbury.
Just wondering how many of the fools who take part in this exercise, were involved in the nerve agent / food poisoning of the Skripals in Sailsbury ?