WMD Defeat Technologies

Abstract

The mission of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is to safeguard the United States and its allies from global weapons of mass destruction (WMD) threats by integrating, synchronizing, and providing responsive expertise, technologies, and capabilities. This mission directly aligns with several national and Department of Defense (DoD) level guidance/vision documents. For Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E), these documents include the National Security Strategy, Defense Strategic Guidance (Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership: Priorities for 21st Century Defense), 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review, National Strategy for Combating Terrorism, 2014 DoD Strategy for Countering WMD, National Strategy to Combat WMD, Defense Planning Guidance, Guidance for Employment of the Force, 2006 National Military Strategy for Combating WMD, National Military Strategic Plan for the War on Terrorism, and Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan (including the Nuclear Annex). To achieve this mission, DTRA has established strategies and tasks to meet their principal objectives. These objectives are: 1) Ensure a safe, secure, and effective nuclear deterrent; 2) Anticipate emerging WMD threats; 3) Provide Combating WMD situational awareness; 4) Assess infrastructure and personnel vulnerabilities; 5) Prevent proliferation and use of WMD; 6) Defend against WMD threats; 7) Defeat WMD threats; 8) Recover from WMD consequences; and 9) Synchronize countering WMD activities. A focused and strong WMD threat reduction technology base is critical to meeting these objectives. This technology base is closely tied with the operational support programs that make up DTRA’s combat support mission. DTRA's has taken the steps to develop this technology base and provide a foundation for transformational activities within the WMD arena. Activities funded by Program Element 0602718BR implement a wide set of National Security Presidential Directive 17 and emerging Presidential Policy Directive guidance for prevention of proliferation of WMD and WMD terrorism. Projects support the prevention and adversary use of WMD through the development of technology to locate and identify nuclear threats, post-detonation forensics, and treaty verification. Through development of new sensor systems, sensor networks, counterforce and fundamental Counter-WMD (CWMD) research, these programs contribute to securing and interdicting WMD, WMD delivery systems, and related materials. Finally, programs in this area fund the development of tools for the DTRA Technical Reachback analysis center which supports United States and allied forces, interagency, and civil authorities with 24 hour/7 days per week Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and High-yield Explosives (CBRNE) event analysis support.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2016
• Source ID: 0602718BR_2_0400_PB_2016
• Change Summary Explanation: The increase in FY 2016 from the previous President's Budget submission is due to realignments for increased investment in advanced analytics and effects modeling.
• Service Agency Name: Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Entities

Organizations

• Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Advanced Electronics
• Biomedical
• Counter WMD
• Engineered Resilient Systems
• Ground and Sea Platforms
• Sensors
• Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Bunker Buster Bombs
• Combatant Commanders
• Control Systems
• Data Analysis
• Detectors
• Environment
• Explosives
• Information Science
• Knowledge Management
• National Security
• Nuclear Weapons
• Systems Engineering
• Test And Evaluation
• United States Strategic Command
• Warfare
• Weapons Effects
• Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Readers

• Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
• Defense Technology Research and Development.
• Strategic Security Studies