The Philippine military's capability to deal with chemical,
biological, radiological, nuclear and explosives threats received a significant
boost after the United States Army donated USD 1-million worth of CBRNE
equipment on Thursday.
The equipment is sufficient to equip a platoon of
specialized troops, according to Lt. Gen. Edgar Fallorina, Armed Forces of the Philippines
“In terms of really accepting the equipment, this is the
first time, but this capability development has been going for quite some
time,” he said.
“We started out with a small number. Now we’re having a
platoon-size with the corresponding equipment and we really thank the US
The AFP deputy chief added the training and equipage of
troops should be replicated in other units of the military until it has a
sizeable number that can deal with these kinds of threat.
"This will be replicated in the other major services
until such time that we have a substantial number of personnel really qualified
for CBRNE activities,” he said.
Fallorina, however, could not say if the military would ever
deal with threats posed by non-conventional weapons, except for disasters.
He said that soldiers or those trained in dealing with CBRNE
would be the first responders should threats arise from these types of weapons.
“They are highly trained and they basically are mobile. We
have the equipment as you see. It can be transported either by land through the
M-35, and if required in other island parts of the country, it can be
transported through the C-130s,” Fallorina said.
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