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Making the World Safer: The Defense Threat Reduction Agency COL Lewis L.VanDyke Acting Director Chemical & Biologic

Making the World Safer: The Defense Threat Reduction Agency COL Lewis L.VanDyke Acting Director Chemical & Biological Defense 3 May 2002. DTRA Role and Mission Lessons Learned Future Priorities.

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Making the World Safer: The Defense Threat Reduction Agency COL Lewis L.VanDyke Acting Director Chemical & Biologic

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  1. Making the World Safer: The Defense Threat Reduction Agency COL Lewis L.VanDyke Acting Director Chemical & Biological Defense 3 May 2002

  2. DTRA Role and Mission Lessons Learned Future Priorities Countering the Asymmetric Threat of NBC Warfare and TerrorismAirbase/Port Security & Operations in a WMD World

  3. The strategic challenge of the new millenium reduce the threat To of weapons of mass destruction complex security issues as continue to challenge our nation “The Defense Threat Reduction Agency safeguards America and its friends from weapons of mass destruction by reducing the present threat and preparing for the future threat.”

  4. Technology Development: Sensors, targeting and weapons Cooperative Threat Reduction: Dismantling weapons Chemical and Biological Defense: Force protection Arms Control: Assuring treaty compliance Combat Support: Direct support to the warfighter Enabling Directorates: Better, faster, cheaper The Defense Threat Reduction Agency: Safeguarding America from weapons of mass destruction

  5. Making the World Safer... ...by reducingthe present threat and preparing for future threats

  6. Restoration of Operations (RestOps) ACTD Contamination Avoidance at Seaports of Debarkation (CASPOD) ACTD Chemical-Biological Seaport Protection Analysis (CB SPPA) Large Frame Aircraft Decontamination Demonstration (LFADD Joint Service Installation Protection Project (JSIPP) Project 049 DTRA/CB Activities

  7. We have never fought a WMD War We have conducted few "realistic" exercises Salty Demo (Spangdahlem 1986) We have considered our shortcomings at air and sea ports for a number of years (Chemwar2000, 1997) much of this is still relevant If we don’t agree on the threat, we have little common basis for attacking the problem TTPs don't prescribe a situation - they react to one Lessons Learned

  8. Understand the WMD Environment Proper perspective on lab and field tests Exercise/Test Realistically Don' t "game" the game Finding out where the system breaks is a good thing Think outside the "envelope" expect the unexpected Future Priorities

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