Bio-Defense Now: 56 Suggestions for Immediate Improvements

Abstract

The 85% Biological Defense Project identifies those ideas that can significantly improve the defensive capabilities and facilitate military forces survival, operation, and sustainment in a biologically contaminated environment. The 100% biological warfare (BW) defense solution is difficult, if not impossible, to obtain. The purpose of the 85% Biological Defense Project, hereafter referred to as the 85% Project, is to determine if there are quick-to-implement ideas using available technologies or capabilities that have not yet been adequately addressed to enhance our military forces protection against biological weapons. While this project was focused on the military services as a whole (Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Force), several ongoing initiatives within the United States Air Force (USAF) are used as examples of the different services' initiatives to counter the biological warfare threat. Likewise, the 85% Project identifies areas being worked by other USAF programs under the USAF Counter- Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and high yield Explosives (CCBRNE) Council that require further attention and refinement. The ultimate goal is to reduce the biological weapons threat to U.S. and allied forces at fixed bases. This publication is the product of the authors' research, the "Needed Now: The '85% Quick Fix' in Bio-Defense" publication (Appendix A), and a workshop held to address shortfalls in biological weapons defense. This report has been prepared by U.S. Air Force Counterproliferation Center (USAF CPC) senior researchers for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency/ Chemical and Biological Division (DTRA/CB). The report is targeted to be read by decision-makers, commanders, staff officers, and planners in all functional areas at the DoD, major command, and installation levels.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA468978

Entities

People

  • Jim A. Davis
  • Tasha L. Pravecek

Organizations

  • Air University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Biological Factors
  • Detection
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Employment
  • Equine Encephalitis
  • Health Services
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Applications
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Viruses
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Wetland-Land-Environmental Management.