Improving Installation Response to a Terrorist Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction

Abstract

Most military installations are not well prepared to respond to a terrorist incident involving Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) at the installation. A study commissioned by the Department of Defense (DoD) in 1997 looked at the affects of the use of a WMD by terrorists to see how this act interfered with U.S. forces in an ongoing operation in a forward theatre of operation. A follow on study by DoD looked at the effects of WMD at a Power projection platform that would potentially disrupt the reinforcing units going to a theatre of operations. Glaring deficiencies were discovered. The military installations were ill prepared to respond and resulted in inability to provide reinforcement support to operations in an overseas theatre of operations. Though the power projection platform problem is being addressed for those installations there is no current program to improve installation training or response. This Student Research Paper will address in depth the potential threat, analyze existing programs and provide recommendations to improve overall installation readiness, awareness and response to a WMD incident.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 15, 2000
Accession Number
ADA377400

Entities

People

  • Timothy D. Madere

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Antiterrorism
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Chemical Weapons
  • Department Of State
  • Detection
  • Emergency Response
  • Employment
  • Explosive Devices
  • Foreign Relations
  • Health Services
  • Medical Personnel
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Security Personnel
  • Terrorism
  • United States Government
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Educational Psychology
  • Environmental Remediation and Restoration.