Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

King has no clothes: The role of the military in responding to a terrorist chemical/biological attack. Final report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:285135
The United States has begun a program of counterproliferation in order to preempt the use of WMD by such elements, however, the ability to respond to the terrorist employment of biological/chemical weapons is absent. Given the structure, capability and technical expertise in the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Department of Defense (DoD) will be tasked to conduct the response to such an incident. The geographical Commander in Chief (CINC) and the appointed Joint Task Force (JTF) commander will ultimately be assigned the response mission. Planning, training and coordination is required to develop a force capable of responding in a timely and coordinated manner.
Research Organization:
Naval War Coll., Newport, RI (United States). Joint Military Operations Dept.
OSTI ID:
285135
Report Number(s):
AD-A--307327/7/XAB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English