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title: "Russia launches biological detector"
description: "CBRNe World provides those tasked with defending against CBRN and IED threats with the essential practical, scientific and political information. Access the current and previous issues of the magazine by registering as a member."
url: "https://cbrneworld.com/news/subscribers/russia-launches-biological-detector"
date: "2026-07-30T21:09:54+00:00"
language: "en-GB"
---

#  Russia launches biological detector

 Written by Gwyn Winfield on 15 August 2023.

Limited information is available from [Tass](https://tass.com/defense/1660213), but the Russian military launched its bio detector this week at their annual defence expo.

"Russia’s Federal Medical-Biological Agency (FMBA) has presented a new independent automatic alert sensor for biological reconnaissance purposes, named MAAS-BR, at the Army-2023 military forum and exposition, a TASS correspondent reports." It went on to state that the sensor can discriminate between bacteria, viruses, rickettsia and toxins and is likely to be rolled out in 'public places.'

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