From Rappler (Mar 6): PH's new rapid deployment unit vs terrorist attacks
![NEW UNIT FOR NEW THREATS: Members of the military's CBRNE unit. Photo by Carmela Fonbuena/Rappler.com]( "NEW UNIT FOR NEW THREATS: Members of the military's CBRNE unit. Photo by Carmela Fonbuena/Rappler")
NEW UNIT FOR NEW THREATS: Members of the military's CBRNE unit. Photo by Carmela Fonbuena/Rappler.com
The Armed Forces of thePhilippines
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NEW UNIT FOR NEW THREATS: Members of the military's CBRNE unit. Photo by Carmela Fonbuena/Rappler.com
The Armed Forces of the
The 4-month old CBRNE unit is initally composed of a 30-man platoon pulled out of the Army's Explosive Ordnance And Disposal (EOD) battalion. They were trained to respond to the most demanding emergies of all – terrorist attacks.
A scenario of a chemical attack was enacted inside the military headquarters in Quezon City
The plan is to grow the CBRNE unit and deploy them nationwide. The training and equipment are expensive, however.
"This is just the start of building up our own capability. We have started it and we will improve on it. We will come up with a bigger unit. We will acquire more equipment to improve the capability of this unit," said Major General Danilo Servando, chief of the Army Support Command.
Various attacks
Terrorist networks are present in the Philippines
In 2004, local terrorists bombed a Philippine superferry. It is the biggest maritime terrorist attack in Philippine history. The following year, in 2005, a bus exploded on Valentines Day in Makati City
There was also the Tokyo Syria
Terrorist threats nowadays include human bombs, liquid bombs, printer bombs, underwear bombs, and bombs surgically implanted in the bodies of terrorists.
In 2013, there was the Boston Marathon attack that used pressure cooker bombs.
"In our case, where we actively used this as a means of containment is our deployment in the United Nations. If you remember we had a threat of a chemical attack in our deployment in Golan Heights that prompted us to have more protection equipment because the threat is real," said Armed Forces spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Ramon Zagala.
The Philippines
"From the deterrence point of view, they are looking for new methods to attack us. When we become more aware on explosive sectors, they start looking for other markets, for example anthrax and other biological and chemical substances as well," Salim said.
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