| In Situ Studies of the Decomposition of Simulated Chemical Warfare Agents on Nanoparticle Catalysts |
04-Oct-2009 |
88 pages |
| Authors:
Donna A Chen; SOUTH CAROLINA UNIV COLUMBIA OFFICE OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS
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 | Over the course of this grant, three main projects were conducted in to gain a better understanding of the decomposition of sulfur and phosphorus-based chemical warfare agents. The first project involved studies of the thermally-activated decomposition of dimethyl methylphosphonate (DMMP) on bimetallic Au-Pt clusters; one of the main problems with transition metal catalysts is that phosphorus is difficult to remove from the surface and poisons that catalyst for further reaction. ... |
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| Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) |
10-Sep-2009 |
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| Authors:
Mary B Nikitin; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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 | The Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) was formed to increase international cooperation in interdicting shipments of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), their delivery systems, and related materials. The Initiative was announced by President Bush on May 31, 2003. PSI does not create a new legal framework but aims to use existing national authorities and international law to achieve its goals. Initially, 11 nations signed on to the Statement of Interdiction Principles ... |
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| Integration of Lethal and Nonlethal Fires: The Future of the Joint Fires Cell |
May-2009 |
48 pages |
| Authors:
Dewey A Granger; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| Leaders must seek to employ elements of fires, lethal and nonlethal, proportional to mission and informed through the variables contained within the operating environment. FM 3-0 went even further by tasking the Fires Cell with integrating and synchronizing the effects of lethal and nonlethal fires with the effects of other warfighting functions. This monograph extrapolates a definition of nonlethal fires and uses the essentials from FM 3-0, integration and synchronization ... |
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| Operation Iraqi Freedom: Strategies, Approaches, Results, and Issues for Congress |
02-Apr-2009 |
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| Authors:
Catherine Dale; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), the U.S.-led coalition military operation in Iraq, was launched on March 20, 2003, with the immediate stated goal of removing Saddam Hussein's regime and destroying its ability to use weapons of mass destruction or to make them available to terrorists. Over time, the focus of OIF shifted from regime removal to the more open-ended mission of helping the Government of Iraq (GoI) improve security, establish a ... |
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| Time Critical Conventional Strike from Strategic Standoff |
Mar-2009 |
102 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| This Executive Summary and the attached appendices provide an unclassified overview of the Task Force analysis, findings and recommendations. For a more detailed understanding of this material, we refer the reader to the classified version of the full report. The U.S. strategic deterrence and strike environment has changed as our adversaries and their tactics have changed. Terrorists and rogue nations as well as future potential peers are well aware that ... |
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| The Inadequacy of MCDP 1-0 Operations |
20-Feb-2009 |
14 pages |
| Authors:
B B Roy; MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA
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| The combat experience of Global War on Terror veterans has affected changes to the philosophy and terms of Marines since MCDP 1-0 was published in 2001. The new philosophy and terms are manifestations of Marine innovation. This innovation compensates for doctrinal guidance that has become insufficient over the eight years since the current Operations was published. Inadequacies in Operations detract from the Marine Corps' ability to fight modern wars because ... |
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| U.S. Combat Commands' Participation in the Proliferation Security Initiative: A Training Manual |
Jan-2009 |
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| Authors:
Wolf; Charles Jr; Brian G Chow; Gregory S Jones; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| The Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) is a cooperative effort to prevent or at least inhibit the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), their delivery systems, and related materials to or from states or non-state actors whose possession of such items would be a serious threat to global or regional security. Currently, 93 countries have endorsed PSI's purpose and principles and participate in its activities. This manual-consisting of nine lecture ... |
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| Developing a Process to Build Partner Capacity for Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction |
Jan-2009 |
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| Authors:
Kim Cragin; David R Howell; Jennifer D Moroney; Joe Hagler; Benjamin Bahney; Charlotte Lynch; Rebecca Zimmerman; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| How can the United States better support its partners' efforts to combat the threat of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) proliferation? Although the United States has instituted a number of programs to combat the spread of WMD, it does not have the resources necessary to stop all WMD threats. Instead, it needs to pursue a more coordinated effort to enhance partners' border security, WMD detection, interdiction, and other capabilities to ... |
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| Building Partner Capacity to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction |
Jan-2009 |
143 pages |
| Authors:
Kim Cragin; David R Howell; Jennifer D Moroney; Joe Hogler; Benjamin Bahney; Charlotte Lynch; Rebecca Zimmerman; DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY ALEXANDRIA VA
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| This RAND National Defense Research Institute monograph outlines and then applies a four-step process for developing regional approaches to BPC to combat WMD. Limited resources, access, and incomplete knowledge of WMD threats create a need for working with appropriate partner countries around the world to address these challenges. The monograph offers seven key themes to consider when implementing BPC regional approaches. The monograph argues that the United States needs a ... |
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| National Infrastructure Protection Plan: Partnering to Enhance Protection and Resiliency |
Jan-2009 |
189 pages |
| Authors:
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WASHINGTON DC
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| Protecting and ensuring the resiliency of the critical infrastructure and key resources (CIKR) of the United States is essential to the Nation's security, public health and safety, economic vitality, and way of life. Attacks on CIKR could significantly disrupt the functioning of government and business alike and produce cascading effects far beyond the targeted sector and physical location of the incident. Direct terrorist attacks and natural, manmade, or technological hazards ... |
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| World at Risk: The Report of the Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism |
Dec-2008 |
160 pages |
| Authors:
Bob Graham; Jim Talent; Graham Allison ;Robin Cleveland; Steve Rademaker; Tim Roemer; Wendy Shewrman; Henry Sokolski; Rich Verma; COMMISSION ON THE PREVENTION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION PROLIFERATION AND TERRORISM WASHINGTON DC
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| The Commission believes that unless the world community acts decisively and with great urgency, it is more likely than not that a weapon of mass destruction will be used in a terrorist attack somewhere in the world by the end of 2013. The Commission further believes that terrorists are more likely to be able to obtain and use a biological weapon than a nuclear weapon. The Commission believes that the ... |
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| Operation Iraqi Freedom: Strategies, Approaches, Results, and Issues for Congress |
22-Sep-2008 |
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| Authors:
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) was launched on March 20, 2003, with the immediate stated goal of removing Saddam Hussein's regime and destroying its ability to use weapons of mass destruction or to make them available to terrorists. Over time, the focus of OIF shifted from regime removal to the more open-ended mission of helping the Government of Iraq (GoI) improve security, establish a system of governance, and foster economic development. ... |
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| Good Bugs, Bad Bugs: A Modern Approach for Detecting Offensive Biological Weapons Research |
01-Sep-2008 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
Robert Armstrong; Michael Moodie; Cheryl Loeb; Helen Purkitt; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV WASHINGTON DC CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY AND NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY
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| Monitoring covert offensive biological weapons research from afar has always been a daunting task. The problems facing analysts today are even more difficult, as advances in life sciences and dual-use biotechnology are rapidly spreading the knowledge, equipment, and materials needed to produce crude and sophisticated biological weapons around the world. Unlike nuclear programs, a well-defined and limited set of equipment and material that can be controlled through various import/export controls ... |
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| To Walk the Earth in Safety: The United States' Commitment to Humanitarian Mine Action and Conventional Weapons Destruction |
JUN 2008 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON DC
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| Formally established in 1993, with roots to late 1988 when the term "humanitarian demining" was coined in Afghanistan, the interagency U.S. Humanitarian Mine Action Program is the largest and one of the world's oldest such programs. It is comprised of the Department of State, Department of Defense, U.S. Agency for International Development's Leahy War Victims Fund, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Collectively, the program operates worldwide to clear ... |
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| Cyclone Nargis and Burma's Constitutional Referendum |
09 MAY 2008 |
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| Authors:
Michael F. Martin; Rhoda Margesson; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Cyclone Nargis struck the coast of Burma in the evening of May 2, 2008 and cut a path of destruction across the southern portion of the country. The storm left in its wake at least 22,000 dead, 41,000 more missing, and extensive damage to the nation's premier agricultural areas. Some have speculated that the final number of dead could reach 100,000. Vital infrastructure was destroyed by the storm, severely limiting ... |
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| Extending NASA's Exemption from the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act |
08 MAY 2008 |
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| Authors:
Carl Behrens; Mary B. Nikitin; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| The Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000 (INA) was enacted to help stop foreign transfers to Iran of weapons of mass destruction, missile technology, and advanced conventional weapons technology, particularly from Russia. Section 6 of the INA banned U.S. payments to Russia in connection with the International Space Station (ISS) unless the U.S. President determined that Russia was taking steps to prevent such proliferation. When the President in 2004 announced that ... |
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| Precision in the Global War on Terror: Inciting Muslims Through the War of Ideas |
APR 2008 |
153 pages |
| Authors:
Sherifa Zuhur; ARMY WAR COLL STRATEGIC STUDIES INST CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| This monograph questions the messages conveyed to Muslims about their religion and extremism in the war of ideas. Why do American strategic messages on this issue play so badly in the region? Why, despite broad Muslim disapproval of extremism as shown in surveys and official utterances by key Muslim leaders, has support for bin Ladin actually increased in Jordan and in Pakistan since some potting suggests bin Ladin's approval in ... |
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| Operation Iraqi Freedom: Strategies, Approaches, Results, and Issues for Congress |
22-Feb-2008 |
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| Authors:
Catherine M Dale; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) was launched on March 20, 2003. The immediate goal, as stated by the Bush Administration, was to remove the regime, including destroying its ability to use weapons of mass destruction or to make them available to terrorists. The broad, longer-term objective included helping Iraqis build a new Iraq that is prosperous and free. 1 In October 2002, Congress had authorized the President to use force against ... |
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| Mission Area Overview: Project Manager - Chemical Stockpile Elimination |
07 FEB 2008 |
3 pages |
| Authors:
ARMY CHEMICAL MATERIALS AGENCY ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD
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| The Project Manager Chemical Stockpile Elimination (PM-CSE) PM-CSE is an acquisition PM responsible for the safe destruction of the nation's unitary chemical agents and weapons. The destruction technologies used by PM-CSE include incineration and neutralization. The PM-CSE is one mission area of the U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency (CMA). CMA's mission is to protect, safely store and destroy the aging chemical weapons stockpile. The PM-CSE, headquartered at the Edgewood area ... |
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| Strategic Maritime Domain Awareness: Supporting the National Strategy for Maritime Security |
29-Jan-2008 |
35 pages |
| Authors:
Francis J Campion; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The National Strategy for Maritime Security seeks to protect U.S. national and global maritime security interests by preventing aftacks and safeguarding the ocean and its resources through maximum threat and situational awareness across the vast maritime domain The purpose of this project is to present a model for Strategic Maritime Domain Awareness that will enhance U.S. maritime security by linking the national and global maritime domains using the capabilities of ... |
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| An Assessment of China's Anti-Satellite and Space Warfare Programs, Policies and Doctrines |
19 JAN 2008 |
81 pages |
| Authors:
Michael P. Pillsbury; US CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION WASHINGTON DC
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| The first two parts of this study present the results of a survey of Chinese writings that discovered 30 proposals that China should acquire several types of anti satellite weapons. Many foreign observers have mistakenly claimed that China is a pacifistic nation and has no interest such weapons. The Director of the US National Reconnaissance Office Donald Kerr confirmed a Chinese laser had illuminated a US satellite in 2006. These ... |
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| Mold Susceptibility of Rapidly Renewable Building Materials Used in Wall Construction |
DEC 2007 |
81 pages |
| Authors:
Aaron M. Cooper; TEXAS A AND M UNIV COLLEGE STATION
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| Since 1998, the United States Green Building Council, via the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards, has established the premiere set of guidelines for construction ethics from the standpoint of eco-friendliness and occupant safety and health in the U.S. and around the world. These guidelines are skyrocketing in use due in part to two reasons: increased awareness of a need for reducing, reusing, and recycling in order to ... |
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| Potential for Biodegradation of the Alkaline Hydrolysis End Products of TNT and RDX |
NOV 2007 |
88 pages |
| Authors:
Deborah R. Felt; Catherine C. Nestler; Jeffrey L. Davis; Steven L. Larson; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS
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| Energetic compounds, such as 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT), hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX), and their degradation products, can act as a source of contamination for soil on Department of Defense testing and training ranges. Base-catalyzed hydrolysis degrades nitroaromatics and nitramines, and the potential effectiveness of this reaction in soil has been demonstrated at both bench and pilot scales. This report evaluates the potential for soil bacteria to degrade the transformation products from the alkaline hydrolysis ... |
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| Cleaning of Residues from Equipment Surfaces After Demilitarization of Arsenical-Based Munitions and Fill Materiels |
OCT 2007 |
55 pages |
| Authors:
Kevin M. Morrissey; Jill L. Ruth; Janet C. Fouse; Richard L. Cheicante; Aaron K. Flowers; H. D. Durst; SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORP (SAIC) ABINGDON MD
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| This report summarizes efforts to select and validate a cleaning reagent to be used in demilitarization operations. In demilitarization operations involving the chemical neutralization of arsenic-containing chemical warfare agents with sodium permanganate, the equipment becomes coated with deposits which are primarily manganese dioxide. These deposits must be removed from the equipment on a regular basis to prevent leaks and maintain operational tempo. An oxidative aqueous-based reagent identified as HPO2(tm) reagent ... |
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| Investigation of the Impact of Sonar Transmission on Fisheries and Habitat in the U.S. Navy's USWTR: Summary of Stakeholder Concerns and Appropriate Research Areas |
SEP 2007 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
Andrew Read; Elliott Hazen; DUKE UNIV BEAUFORT NC MARINE LAB
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| Public comments responding to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (October 2005) for the proposed Undersea Warfare Training Range (USWTR) off North Carolina were analyzed to provide a comprehensive view of stakeholder concerns. Three main areas of public concern -- short- and long-term effects on fish from mid-frequency sonar operations, displacement of fishermen during training exercises, and habitat modification/destruction -- were identified. Research areas that might address these concerns also were ... |
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| Directed-Energy Weapons: Invisible and Invincible? |
SEP 2007 |
139 pages |
| Authors:
Bayram M. Deveci; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| A military weapon is any tool used to increase the reach or power of a nation. Simply, it can be said that each era witnesses the deployment of new and powerful mass destruction weaponry. What will this century's most powerful weapon be? Directed-energy weapons, which offer advantages over conventional weapons by providing attack at the speed of light, precise targeting, rapid engagement of multiple targets, adjustable damage capacity, low operational ... |
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| Oxidation/Biodegradation of Solid Propellants Used in Legacy Chemical Rounds |
AUG 2007 |
38 pages |
| Authors:
Mark A. Guelta; Andrew S. Beck; EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD
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| Nitrocellulose based compounds are the primary ingredients historically used as solid rocket and mortar propellants. These compounds were mass produced for many years and stored in bulk or configured into chemical and high-energy munitions. With the planned destruction of the U.S. chemical agent inventory, the associated propellant charges and the now antiquated propellants in storage for use in high energy rounds are awaiting disposal. Many of these propellants were manufactured ... |
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| National Intelligence Estimate: The Terrorist Threat to the US Homeland |
JUL 2007 |
8 pages |
| Authors:
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE WASHINGTON DC
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| National Intelligence Estimates (NIEs) are the Director of National Intelligence's (DNI) most authoritative written judgments concerning national security issues. They contain the coordinated judgments of the Intelligence Community regarding the likely course of future events. Among the key judgments in this NIE are the following: the U.S. Homeland will face a persistent and evolving terrorist threat over the next 3 years, with the main threat coming from Islamic terrorist groups ... |
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| Demonstration/Validation of the TC-60 Controlled Detonation Chamber, Porton Down, UK: Final Demonstration Test Report |
JUN 2007 |
475 pages |
| Authors:
Raymond DiBerardo; Timothy A. Blades; Neil McFarlane; EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD
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| The Demonstration/Validation testing conducted at Porton Down, UK, between July 2004 and July 2006 proved that CH2M HILL's Controlled Detonation Chamber (CDC) technology could safely and effectively destroy munitions containing CW agents without generating large quantities of process wastes. The TC-60 CDC system successfully met all the test objectives and goals of the August 2004 Final Test Plan. Residual chemical agents were completely destroyed before the carbon filters used in ... |
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| Milestones in U.S. Chemical Weapons Storage and Destruction |
MAY 2007 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
ARMY CHEMICAL MATERIALS AGENCY ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD
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| With more than 2,600 dedicated employees plus contractor support staff, the U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) leads the world in chemical weapons destruction with a demonstrated history of safely storing, recovering, assessing and disposing of U.S. chemical weapons and related materials. CMA manages all U.S. chemical materiel except for the disposal of two weapons stockpiles that fall under the Department of Defense's Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives pilot neutralization program. ... |
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| Securing Nuclear and Radiological Material in the Homeland |
MAR 2007 |
101 pages |
| Authors:
Kevin D. Eack; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| It is well established among the intelligence community that terrorists view the acquisition of nuclear or radiological materials (NRAM) as a goal in furtherance of their efforts to attack the U.S. within its borders. The use of NRAM in a nuclear weapon of mass destruction (WMD) or a radiological dispersion device (RDD) could potentially kill and injure thousands of American citizens. The economic impact of such a terrorist act on ... |
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| The 2006 Annual Report of the United States Intelligence Community |
Feb-2007 |
26 pages |
| Authors:
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE WASHINGTON DC
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| In Fiscal Year (FY) 2006, the Intelligence Community (IC) contributed to the security of the United States and helped protect and advance national interests. Building on the important structural changes made just before FY 2006, the IC acted in a more integrated manner than ever before against our most important objectives, as expressed in our National Intelligence Strategy, assisting decisionmakers to understand the world around us and to act on ... |
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| Back to the Weinberger-Powell Doctrine |
Jan-2007 |
18 pages |
| Authors:
Jeffrey Record; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL STRATEGIC STUDIES QUARTERLY
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| The American debacle in Iraq seemingly vindicates the restrictive use-of-force doctrine propounded by Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger and Gen Colin Powell, Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) chairman, in the 1980s and early 1990s. That doctrine expressed the Pentagon's take on the lessons of the Vietnam War. It called for the last-resort application of overwhelming force on behalf of vital interests and clearly defined and achievable political-military objectives, and it ... |
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| Foreign Perspectives on U.S. Nuclear Policy and Posture |
12 DEC 2006 |
363 pages |
| Authors:
Lewis A. Dunn; Gregory Giles; Jeffrey Larsen; Thomas Skypek; SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORP ALEXANDRIA VA
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| The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) was founded in 1998 to integrate and focus the capabilities of the Department of Defense (DoD) that address the weapons of mass destruction threat. To assist the Agency in its primary mission, the Advanced Systems and Concepts Office (ASCO) develops and maintains an evolving analytical vision of necessary and sufficient capabilities to protect United States and Allied forces and citizens from WMD attack. ASCO ... |
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| A Need for Systems Architecture Approach for Next Generation Mine Warfare Capability |
SEP 2006 |
107 pages |
| Authors:
Kirk R. Hibbert; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| When operating in a sea borne environment, sea mines can prevent U.S. Navy vessels from meeting operational objectives. Sea mines have the potential of damaging, or destroying ships at sea. The U.S. Navy conducts mine warfare (MIW) operations to meet this threat. Although effective against mining, our countermining operations are currently employing 1960 s technology in an attempt to keep pace with new Concepts of Operations (CONOPS). Today's legacy MIW ... |
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| Transitioning to Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles |
SEP 2006 |
79 pages |
| Authors:
William G. Bessemer; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The Air Force is currently developing Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles (UCAV). The UCAV is projected for initial testing by 2010. However, after reviewing the Office of Secretary of Defense's Unmanned Aircraft Systems Roadmap for 2005 2030; obtaining squadrons of UCAVs will cost billions of dollars and require decades to produce. The United States cannot afford to wait decades for unmanned weapons. Technology is spreading fast. Third world countries without stable ... |
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| Increased UAV Task Assignment Performance Through Parallelized Genetic Algorithms (Preprint) |
AUG 2006 |
10 pages |
| Authors:
Marjorie A. Darrah; William M. Niland; Brian M. Stolarik; Lance E. Walp; INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INC FAIRMONT WV
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| This paper explores the parallelization of a Genetic Algorithm (GA) utilized for task assignment of a team of Unmanned Air Vehicles conducting a Suppression of Enemy Air Defense mission. The GA has been developed and implemented in the Multi-UAV simulation environment for testing. The algorithm has been parallelized with each UAV acting as an independent processor. Two different implementations are explored, one where each UAV independently runs a GA, and ... |
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| "EOD, Up!": How Explosive Ordnance Disposal Forces Can Best Support Special Operations Forces |
JUN 2006 |
125 pages |
| Authors:
Stephen R. Draper; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| U.S. special operations forces (SOF) are likely to undertake missions against terrorists, insurgents, and other enemies where they will encounter explosive hazards. Identification, detection, and neutralization of weapons of mass destruction, improvised explosive devices, booby-traps, and similar weapons requires the support of technicians trained in explosive ordnance disposal (EOD), an expertise that is not resident in SOF units. Consequently, there is a need for EOD technicians with SOF capabilities who ... |
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| Quantifying Hurricane Wind Speed with Undersea Sound |
JUN 2006 |
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| Authors:
Joshua D. Wilson; MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH CAMBRIDGE
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| Hurricanes are one of the most destructive natural disasters known to man. While current satellite technology has made it possible to effectively detect and track hurricanes, expensive hurricane-hunting' aircraft are required to accurately classify their destructive power. Here we show that passive undersea acoustic techniques may provide a promising tool for accurately quantifying the destructive power of a hurricane. It is well known that the crashing of wind-driven waves generates ... |
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| Cooperative Threat Reduction: DOD Needs More Reliable Data to Better Estimate the Cost and Schedule of the Shchuch'ye Facility |
MAY 2006 |
44 pages |
| Authors:
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| Until destroyed, Russia's stockpile of chemical weapons remains a proliferation threat, vulnerable to theft and diversion. Since 1992, Congress has authorized the Department of Defense (DOD) to provide more than $1 billion for the Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program to help the Russian Federation construct a chemical weapons destruction facility (CWDF) at Shchuch'ye to eliminate about 14 percent of its stockpile. Over the past several years, DOD has faced numerous ... |
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| Communication Challenges During Incidents of National Significance: A Lesson From Hurricane Katrina |
15 MAR 2006 |
20 pages |
| Authors:
Heather K. Meeds; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| National disasters will likely continue to increase in number and destructiveness due to current weather trends and the ever growing number of people living in the coastal areas. The immense destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina identified many challenges especially in the communications arena. Many organizations responding to such events are using the lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina to improve problem areas identified. This Strategic Research Paper (SRP) focuses on communications ... |
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| Permeability of Polymer Composites for Cryogenic Applications (Preprint) |
MAR 2006 |
13 pages |
| Authors:
Vernon T. Bechel; Fred Arnold; AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING DIRECTORATE
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| Previous cryogenic cycling research has focused on improving our understanding of the mechanisms that lead to a leakage-producing network of cracks in carbon/epoxy and carbon/bismaleimide composites and to evaluate a number of materials for use in cryogenic pressure vessels. However, the large fuel tanks and other cryogenic components of future reusable launch vehicles may benefit from the use of even higher temperature composite materials through the reduction in the weight ... |
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| National Military Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction |
13 FEB 2006 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF WASHINGTON DC
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| The National Military Strategy (NMS) to combat Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) is derived from the Department of Defense's (DoD) mission to dissuade, deter, and defeat those who seek to harm the United States, its allies, and partners through WMD use or threat of use and, if attacked, to mitigate the effects and restore deterrence. Its purpose is to provide DoD Components guidance and strategic framework for combating WMD. The ... |
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| Neuroimmune Effects of Inhaling a Low Dose Sarin |
FEB 2006 |
8 pages |
| Authors:
Mohan Sopori; LOVELACE RESPIRATORY RESEARCH INST ALBUQUERQUE NM
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| The central nervous system (CNS) and the immune system communicate bidirectionally, and cholinergic agents modulate the immune system. Organophosphates, such as the nerve gas sarin, are powerful irreversible inhibitors of ChE, leading to neurotoxicity, seizures, and death. Because of the ease and low cost of production, sarin gas is a tool of mass destruction in the hands of terrorist groups and rogue nations. While people in the immediate vicinity of ... |
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| Advanced UV Source for Biological Agent Destruction |
2006 |
8 pages |
| Authors:
Wayne Clark; Joseph Stumpf; Bernard Eastlund; Michael Ingram; NOVATRON INC SAN DIEGO CA
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| Under Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) sponsorship, Novatron, Inc. has developed a unique new technology that can be used to protect facilities and personnel against bioterrorism attacks. Applications include protection of military and government facilities worldwide and protecting important civilian facilities as part of a homeland defense strategy. The bio-defense technology described in this paper is based on a novel, very high intensity, pulsed Advanced Ultraviolet Source (AUVS) that ... |
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| Optimization of Air Vehicle Operations Using Mixed-Integer Linear Programming |
2006 |
21 pages |
| Authors:
Corey Schumacher; Phillip R. Chandler; Meir Pachter; Lior S. Pachter; AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB (AFRL/VACA) WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH CONTROL THEORY OPTIMIZATION BRANCH
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| A scenario where multiple air vehicles are required to prosecute geographically dispersed targets is considered. Furthermore, multiple tasks are to be successively performed on each target, i.e. the targets must be classified, attacked, and verified as destroyed. The optimal, e.g. minimum time, performance of these tasks requires cooperation amongst the vehicles such that critical timing constraints are satisfied, that is, a target must be classified before it can be attacked, ... |
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| Operation AL FAJR: A Study in Army and Marine Corps Joint Operations |
2006 |
97 pages |
| Authors:
Matt M. Matthews; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS COMBAT STUDIES INST
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| The two battles for the Iraqi city of Fallujah in 2004 were turning points in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Elements of the US Marine Corps began an offensive in April to destroy enemy forces in the town, but the battle ended prematurely with the Marines being replaced by the Fallujah Brigade, followed soon after by a complete enemy takeover of the city. Some units of the new Iraqi Army were also ... |
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| Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Aerial Targets |
OCT 2005 |
61 pages |
| Authors:
William P. Delaney; Michael Williams; DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| The Defense Science Board Task Force on Aerial Targets was convened in December 2004 to assess the future (2005 to 2020) needs for aerial targets for developmental and operational testing and for training of air defense systems against air-breathing threats. Ballistic missile threats and targets were not part of the Task Force charter. The aerial targets involve full-scale aircraft, subsonic and supersonic cruise missiles, rotary wing vehicles, and unmanned aerial ... |
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| Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and the Coastal Louisiana Ecosystem Restoration |
26 SEP 2005 |
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| Authors:
Jeffrey Zinn; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Hurricanes Katrina and Rita caused widespread damage and destruction to wetlands along the central Gulf Coast. Prior to these hurricanes, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had been seeking approval from the 109th Congress for a $1.1 billion multiyear program to construct five projects that would help to restore portions of the coastal Louisiana ecosystem by slowing the rate of wetland loss and restoring some wetlands. This funding would also ... |
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| Resource Sharing: Building Collaboration for Regionalization |
SEP 2005 |
51 pages |
| Authors:
Susan K. Reinertson; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS
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| The major challenge in securing the homeland is to provide for all citizens effective and capable prevention and responsiveness to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive events. States have different homeland security organizational structures, priorities, funding strategies, and implementation methods. Consequently, the nation lacks a clear, uniform prevention and response strategy that translates into an overall capability that cannot be qualitatively defined. To combat this situation, the Department of Homeland ... |
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