2019 has been a relatively stable year in terms of CBRN attacks. However, this is not necessarily indicative of the international threat still posed by CBRN agents.
This latest bulletin considers the issues surrounding the perpetuation of the myth of Red Mercury, despite the wealth of evidence to suggest it does not exist. Alongside this, we look at the threat posed by North Korea’s chemical weapons programme and what it means for access to CBRN weapons in the future. It also includes a roundup of CBRN related incidents from the past 12 months in our interactive map.