Second NATO/SIBCA Exercise on Sampling of Chemical Warfare Agents.

Abstract

In order to practise the sampling of chemical warfare agents under realistic conditions, the Netherlands participated successfully in the second NATO/SIBCA sampling exercise conducted in Poland on 1-3 September 1998 within the framework of the NATO Partnership for Peace' program. The Netherlands' team consisted of a combination of military personnel from the NBC School of the Royal Netherlands Army and employees of the TNO Prins Maurits Laboratory (TNO-PML). The exercise involved the taking of four different kinds of samples (air, water, soil and materials) under NBC conditions thus including personal protection, detection, decontamination and reporting. During the exercise the activities were judged by umpires based on an extended checklist. The exercise was carried out with a simulant (triethyl phosphate) followed by the chemical warfare agent sulphur mustard gas.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA367693

Entities

People

  • E. R. Wils
  • L. P. De Reuver

Organizations

  • Prins Maurits Laboratorium TNO

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Warfare
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Chemical Weapons
  • Chemistry
  • Classification
  • Detection
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Identification Systems
  • Materials
  • Military Personnel
  • Mustard Agents
  • Netherlands
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Sampling
  • Security
  • Standards
  • Warfare

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