Chemical and Biological Defense Program annual report to Congress (2000)
Chemical and Biological Defense Program annual report to Congress (2000)

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Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1428980997

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This Annual Report of the Department of Defense (DOD) Chemical and Biological Defense Program (CBDP) provides information in response to several reporting requirements. First, this report is provided in accordance with 50 U.S. Code Section 1523. (The complete reporting requirement is detailed at Annex L) This report is intended to assess: (1) the overall readiness of the Armed Forces to fight in a chemical biological (CB) warfare environment and steps taken and planned to be taken to improve such readiness; and, (2) requirements for the chemical and biological warfare defense program, including requirements for training, detection, and protective equipment, for medical prophylaxis, and for treatment of casualties resulting from use of chemical and biological weapons. The CBDP provides an integrated collection of chemical and biological defense systems to U.S. forces. The overall readiness of U.S. forces is dependent on many factors. One key factor is the availability of equipment. Chapter 2 summarizes equipment requirements and the status of research, development, test and evaluation (RDT & E) and acquisition efforts across all capability areas. Chapter 3 details the logistics status of CB defense systems. The overall logistical readiness status of the Department's CB defense equipment has improved slightly. Several factors have had an adverse effect on the overall DOD readiness and sustainment status: increased demands by the Services for some CB defense equipment; the increased overall Service requirements in order to support operations in Iraq and Afghanistan; the reorganization and the approved strength increase of the Army; and equipment modernization efforts in all of the Services. Another key factor in overall readiness is the education, training, and exercises conducted by U.S. forces to remain prepared for chemical and biological threats. Education, training, and exercises are detailed in Chapter.

Terrorism, Asymmetric Warfare, and Weapons of Mass Destruction
Terrorism, Asymmetric Warfare, and Weapons of Mass Destruction

Author: Anthony H. Cordesman

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2001-11-30

Total Pages: 462

ISBN-13: 0313006903

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There is a wide spectrum of potential threats to the U.S. homeland that do not involve overt attacks by states using long-range missiles or conventional military forces. Such threats include covert attacks by state actors, state use of proxies, independent terrorist and extremist attacks by foreign groups or individuals, and independent terrorist and extremist attacks by residents of the United States. These threats are currently limited in scope and frequency, but are emerging as potentially significant issues for future U.S. security. In this comprehensive work, Cordesman argues that new threats require new thinking, and offers a range of recommendations, from expanding the understanding of what constitutes a threat and bolstering Homeland defense measures, to bettering resource allocation and improving intelligence gathering and analysis. No pattern of actual attacks on U.S. territory has yet emerged that provides a clear basis for predicting how serious any given form of attack might be in the future, what means of attack might be used, or how lethal new forms of attack might be. As a result, there is a major ongoing debate over the seriousness of the threat and how the U.S. government should react. This work is an invaluable contribution to that debate.

Chemical and biological defense DOD needs to clarify expectations for medical readiness.
Chemical and biological defense DOD needs to clarify expectations for medical readiness.

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Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 57

ISBN-13: 142894656X

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This testimony is based on GAO's report on DOD's preparations for medical support for chemical and biological casualties. In the report, is the response to requests that GAO determine how DOD had adapted its medical personnel to emerging chemical and biological threats. Specifically, GAO looked at how DOD and the services had addressed chemical and biological threats in the distribution of medical personnel across specialties. Also looked at was the extent of training for medical personnel in the treatment of chemical and biological casualties.

Biological Weapons
Biological Weapons

Author: Sharad S. Chauhan

Publisher: APH Publishing

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 546

ISBN-13: 9788176487320

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Aims To Sensitize The Public Regarding The Spectra Fo Biological Weapons And Highlights The Fact That Biological Weapons Could Seriously Pose A Threat To Inernational Security Of In The Hands Of Terorists And Unethical States.