February 02, 2011. Sverdlovsk Region. A serviceman in a gas mask at the RHM-4-01 armored vehicle for chemical and radiological reconnaissance. Drills of the Radiological, Biological and Chemical Defence Troops. Field camp meeting at a firing range in the village of Mostovskoye of the Verkhne-Pyshminsky district, the Sverdlovsk Region. The purpose of drills is to defend from 'terrorists' using chemical weapons, as well as radilogical and chemical reconnaissance, decontamination of armored vehicles with a gas spray from heat engines, generation of a smoke screen by smoke generating machines, special treatment of 'contaminated' units with a mobile spray station.
- Categories: Environmental Issues, Unrest, Conflicts & War, Disasters & Accidents, Science & Technology
- Location: Sverdlovsk Oblast Region, Russia
- Event date: 02.03.2011
- Date published: 02.03.2011
- Author: Pavel Lisitsyn
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 4256x2832px, 2.6Mb