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Strategy

Decontamination Concepts

  • Purpose: kill/neutralize agents
  • Toxic and highly corrosive formulations
  • Replace equipment
  • Minimum regard to environment
 
New
  • Purpose: restore effective function of CBW targets
  • Non-toxic and non-corrosive formulations
  • Environmentally fiendly
  • Rapid response

 

Protection Strategies


Dissuasive Strategies

  • monitoring, intelligence
Disruption/Deny/Deter
  • law enforcement

Consequence Management

  • detection, DECONTAMINATION

    Decontamination Road Map

     

  • The red line marks the current status of the development of chemical and biological warfare decontamination agents.
    1. Foam deployment

    2. Foam concentrate 3. Alternative 4. deployment 5. scenario
    6. Alternative
    7. deployment 8. methods 9. Field testing  
    Road Map
     
    Stability
    Expansion ratio
    Neutralization of chemical warfare agents
    Kill of biological warfare agents
    Surface testing
     
    Collaborative efforts
    Licencing
     
    Civilian emergency response
    Military
     


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