11) Employment Characterization
Abstract
How Chemical-Biological (CB) threats are delivered/disseminated has major impacts on the utility of CB defensive countermeasures. For example, our personal protective equipment (PPE) might be effective against an agent that is delivered in one way, but that same agent delivered a different way may make the same PPE ineffective or less effective. The same is true for detection, modeling and medical countermeasures. Employment characterization explores what is technically possible in terms of adversarial delivery/dissemination methods for known and emerging CB threats. This helps the Chemical and Biological Defense Program (CBDP) and ultimately the Joint Force understand gaps or potential gaps in CB defense capabilities. The data from these efforts then feeds into efforts to close/mitigate those gaps.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2025
- Source ID
- 7994cae8b9abf3d38613282b295ce583