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CBRN disposal technicians taking part in a training exercise. Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense (CBRN defense) or Nuclear, biological, and chemical protection (NBC protection) is a class of protective measures taken in situations where chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear (including terrorism) hazards may be present.
The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical & Biological Defense Programs also serves as DoD coordinator and funding administrator for nuclear and conventional physical security equipment research, development, test, and evaluation programs executed by the Military Departments and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA). [2]
Army. 1st Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear Defense Battalion (1º Batalhão de Defesa Química, Biológica, Radiológica e Nuclear) [15]; Radiological and Nuclear Defense Company - Special Operations Command (Companhia de Defesa Química, Biológica, Radiológica e Nuclear - Comando de Operações Especiais) [16]
This was a ten-year program to acquire medical countermeasures to biological, chemical, radiological and nuclear agents for civilian use. A key element of the Act was to allow stockpiling and distribution of vaccines that had not been tested for safety or efficacy in humans, due to ethical concerns. Efficacy of these agents cannot be directly ...
The United States Army CBRN School (USACBRNS), located at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, is a primary American training school specializing in military Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) defense. [1] Until 2008, it was known as the United States Army Chemical School.
The Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF) is a Marine Corps unit responsible for countering the effects of a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or high-yield explosive (CBRNE) incident, support counter CBRN terrorism, and urban search and rescue when CBRN incident.
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Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense (JPEO-CBRND) [1] is a sub-office of the ASA(ALT).. The Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense is the Joint Service’s lead for development, acquisition, fielding and life-cycle support of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense equipment ...