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Needs Assessment of the U.S. Fire Service
The Fire Service Needs Assessment Survey was conducted as a census, with appropriate adjustments for non-response. The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) used its own list of local fire departments as the mailing list and sampling frame of all fire departments in the US. In all, 26,354 fire departments were mailed survey forms. The content of the survey was developed by NFPA, in collaboration with an ad hoc technical advisory group consisting of representatives of the full spectrum of national organizations and related disciplines associated with the management of fire and related hazards and risks in the U.S. Overall, NFPA received 12,240 completed surveys and has edited, coded, and keyed 8,416 surveys for analysis in this report. The overall response rate is 46%, which is unusually high for a survey involving a large number of smaller departments. Because NFPA prepared two preliminary reports based on the first 5,100 surveys keyed and those results are very similar to the results based on 8,416 surveys, the authors believe that the surveys keyed late and so not included in this analysis would not, if analyzed, materially affect the results, either nationally or by community size. In particular, all surveys from departments protecting populations of 50,000 population or more were keyed for this analysis, and a sufficient number of surveys from each of the population intervals for smaller communities have also been keyed to assure a statistically valid sample. However, the additional surveys keyed will permit a much larger share of US fire departments to have participated, in what clearly is shaping up as the highest-participation and most-detailed database on fire service resources and needs ever assembled.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2002-12-18
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Chemical Agent Terrorism
Terrorists have used chemical warfare agents and may use them again. These agents range from those that cause death quickly, such as the nerve agents and cyanide, to those with effects beginning hours after exposure, such as mustard and the pulmonary agents. Although prevention of such an attack would be the best strategy, this may not be possible. Medical personnel must be prepared to diagnose, manage, and triage casualties. To do this, they must have equipment and knowledge.
United States. Department of Defense
Sidell, Frederick R.
2001-09-30
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DoD Ammunition and Explosives Safety Standards [July 1999]
This Standard is issued under the authority of DoD Directive 6055.9, "DoD Explosives Safety Board (DDESB), and DoD Component Explosives Safety Responsibilities," July 29, 1996. It establishes uniform safety standards applicable to ammunition and explosives, to associated personnel and property, and to unrelated personnel and property exposed to the potential damaging effects of an accident involving ammunition and explosives during their development, manufacturing, testing, transportation, handling, storage, maintenance, demilitarization, and disposal
United States. Department of Defense
1999-07
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Defense Technology and Industrial Base: Key Component of National Power
"Democracies, particularly those blessed with good geography, usually favor domestic over defense needs in times of relative peace. This phenomenon reflects political realities which are sometimes--but not necessarily--related to perceived threats to national interests and to those of one's allies. Recent US budgets and funding projections demonstrate that the United States presently is in such a period. This article examines the nature and status of that segment of US industry, science, and technology known to some as the defense technology and industrial base. The defense sector of the US economy comprises those business firms, laboratories, and academic institutions that provide products and services to the Department of Defense and to foreign customers."
Army War College (U.S.)
Bozer, Gordon; Gutmanis, Ivars; Muckerman, Joseph E., II
1997
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2001 FBI National Academy College Conference Presentation: Community Vulnerability Assessments
This links to an Outline of the Community Vulnerability Assessment Methodology presentation and the role of the CCFP(Center for Civil Force Protection). Counter-Terrorism technologies and methodologies can be applied both to the protection of military and civilian populations. The processes and procedures for protection will differ between the two. CCFP basically provides protection of law enforcement, government employees, general public and infrastructure. An outline of what is contained at this page is as follows: Overview of Sandia National Labs, National Institute of Justice and Center for Civil Force Protection; Vulnerability Assessments - What Are They?; Community Vulnerability Assessment Methodology What is It?; Status and Future of Community Vulnerability
Assessment Methodology Development; and What Else the Center for Civil Force Protection Might Help You With.
National Law Enforcement & Corrections Technology Center (U.S.)
Nicholson, Larry Gene, 1957-; Smith, Gordon
2002
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International Contributions to the War Against Terrorism: Fact Sheet
Coalition partners from across globe are fighting against evil of terrorism. The terrorism of September 11th was not just an attack on the United States; it was an attack on the
world. Citizens from more than 80 countries died that day - innocent men, women and children from
across the globe. Within hours of the tragedy, coalitions involving many nations assembled to fight
terrorism - literally hundreds of countries have contributed in a variety of ways - some militarily,
others diplomatically, economically and financially. Some nations have helped openly; others prefer not to disclose their contributions. The United States began building the coalition on September 12, 2001, and there are currently 69 nations supporting the global war on terrorism. To date, 20 nations have deployed more than 16,000 troops to the U.S. Central Command's region of responsibility. This coalition of the willing is working hard every day to defeat terrorism, wherever it may exist. Contained in this document is a partial list of military contributions to the war on terrorism from some of the countries that
have lent their support. This list is not intended to be all-inclusive but to give the reader a sense of the
important role played by the coalition of coalitions in the global war on terrorism. This list will be
updated monthly.
United States. Department of Defense
2002-06-07
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Assessing the Threat: First Annual Report to the President and Congress of the Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction
This report delves into a broad range of issues, chronicles actual terrorist attacks, considers potential terrorist incidents, and attempts to answer the fundamental questions of "Who?," "What?," and "Why?;" and accordingly begins to consider what must be done to prepare for the "When." Chapter Two of the report chronicles chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) weapon schemes, attempts, and actual attacks by terrorists and the known or assumed motives or intentions behind them, with a thorough analysis of such incidents, in an attempt to provide insight into the current discussion of potential threats and possible consequences. Chapter Three of the report focuses on an analysis of the circumstances and facts surrounding the 1995 attack in the Tokyo subway system by Aum Shinrikyo. Chapter Four presents some preliminary conclusions and hypotheses reached by the Panel, based on a thorough analysis and discussion of the threat and other information presented to the Panel, and the relevance of that analysis and information to the broader issues of preparedness, planning, training, and coordination at the Federal, state and local levels. The report concludes with an overview of the activities of the Panel being undertaken in the current fiscal year.
Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction (U.S.)
1999-12-15
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Technological Opportunities to Increase the Proliferation Resistance of Global Civilian Nuclear Power Systems (TOPS)
The report covers four major topics: (a) the overall context in which nuclear power is being pursued at the present time, (b) the need and challenge to develop more systematic comparative nonproliferation assessments of different nuclear systems and their potential applications, (c) the technological
opportunities meriting exploration that have the potential to increase the proliferation resistance of future civilian nuclear power systems, and (d) the principal research and development (R&D) objectives that the U.S., working in a spirit of collaboration with other countries, should pursue to enhance the global nonproliferation regime. Two working premises guided this study: Nuclear power has the potential to continue making important contributions in helping meet future global energy needs under terms that are compatible with safety, economic, nonproliferation, and environmental objectives, including the desire to abate air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Unless the U.S. pursues a much more proactive R&D program in the civil nuclear field, its technical influence in advancing those aspects of the non-proliferation regime that relate to civil nuclear energy could seriously erode as could its ability to help shape and influence proliferation resistance choices in other countries. After an in-depth review based on these premises, we have concluded that there are promising technical approaches that might well increase the proliferation
resistance of civilian nuclear systems. Furthermore, a significant investment in R&D is warranted to evaluate these approaches and pursue those identified as most promising.
United States. Department of Energy
2001-01
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 5005: Homeland Security Act of 2002
"H.R. 5005 would establish the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to prevent terrorist attacks within the United States, reduce the United States' vulnerability to terrorism, minimize the damages from attacks that occur, and help to recover from any attacks. The new department would consist of 30 existing federal agencies or portions of agencies. Each of these agencies would continue to be responsible for carrying out its other, non homeland-security functions. Enacting H.R. 5005 would increase direct spending from federal retirement funds by about $1 million in 2003 and by $5 million over the 2003-2012 period. Therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures would apply. The bill also could affect governmental receipts from import duties and from employee contributions to federal retirement funds, but CBO estimates that the amounts would be less than $500,000 annually. H.R. 5005 contains intergovernmental mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA), but CBO estimates that the costs to comply with the mandates would not exceed the threshold established in that act ($58 million in 2002, adjusted annually for inflation). The bill contains no new private-sector mandates as defined in UMRA."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2002-07-23
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: S. 2134: Terrorism Victim's Access to Compensation Act of 2002
"S. 2134 would give victims of state-sponsored terrorism access to the blocked assets of those states to satisfy judgments for compensatory damages. The blocked assets most immediately affected by S. 2134 are former diplomatic properties of the government of Iran which are covered by the Vienna Conventions on Diplomatic Relations and Consular Relations (the Vienna Conventions). According to the Department of State, attaching these properties to satisfy judgments against Iran would likely lead to a claim by Iran against the United States in an international tribunal and the payment of damages to Iran. In addition, the bill would authorize the payment of a few specific judgments against Iran from existing funds. CBO estimates that enacting the bill would cost $22 million in 2003 and $29 million in 2004. Because S. 2134 would affect direct spending, pay-as-you-go procedures would apply."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2002-08-28
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: S. 2452: National Homeland Security and Combating Terrorism Act of 2002
"S. 2452 would establish a new cabinet department, the Department of National Homeland Security, to plan, coordinate, and integrate the government's activities relating to homeland security, including border security, the protection of critical infrastructure, and emergency preparedness. The legislation would combine several existing agencies to form the new department. S. 2452 also would establish a National Office for Combating Terrorism within
the Executive Office of the President to coordinate threat assessments, to craft and oversee a National Strategy to Combat Terrorism, and to plan and coordinate the budget to combat terrorism. Finally, the legislation would authorize the appropriation of $200 million for fiscal year 2003 to develop technology to combat terrorism and $5 million annually over the 2003-2005 period for emergency preparedness pilot programs."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2002-06-17
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 4547: Cost of War Against Terrorism Authorization Act of 2002
"H.R. 4547 would authorize appropriations totaling $10 billion for fiscal year 2003 for the Department of Defense (DoD) for the conduct of operations in continuation of the war on terrorism. It also contains several provisions that would affect military compensation and that would establish additional teams within the Army National Guard to provide support to civil authorities in the event of an attack involving a weapon of mass destruction. CBO estimates that appropriation of the authorized amounts for 2003 would result in additional
outlays of $9.9 billion over the 2003-2007 period. The bill also contains provisions that would raise the costs of discretionary defense programs
over the 2004-2007 period. CBO estimates that those provisions would require additional appropriations of $965 million over those four years."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2002-07-22
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 4864: Anti-Terrorism Explosives Act of 2002
"H.R. 4864 would require all purchasers of explosives to obtain permits from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) and would direct that agency to perform background checks on persons who work with explosives. The bill also would require manufacturers and importers of explosive materials or ammonium nitrate to furnish samples and other information to the ATF. Finally, H.R. 4864 would expand the current prohibitions on possession of explosives and would establish new federal crimes for offenses relating to misuse of explosives.
CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 4864 would cost about $190 million over H.R. 4864 would require all purchasers of explosives to obtain permits from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) and would direct that agency to perform background checks on persons who work with explosives. The bill also would require manufacturers and importers of explosive materials or ammonium nitrate to furnish samples and other information to the ATF. Finally, H.R. 4864 would expand the current prohibitions on possession of explosives and would establish new federal crimes for offenses relating to misuse of explosives."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2002-08-09
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: S. 2664: First Responder Terrorism Preparedness Act of 2002
"S. 2664 would authorize grants to states to help first responders prepare for terrorist incidents, authorize grants to urban search and rescue task forces, require the President to provide public education and conduct ongoing studies of harmful substances at disaster sites, and establish an Office of National Preparedness within the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2002-09-06
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 5132: Bill to Express the Sense of Congress Concerning the Fiscal Year 2003 End Strengths Needed for the Armed Forces to Fight the War on Terrorism
"H.R. 5132 would express the sense of the Congress that the increases in end-strength authorizations for the armed forces for fiscal year 2003 recommended by the Senate and House of Representatives in their respective versions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 are wholly appropriate and justified by the increased missions and tempo of operations associated with prosecution of the war against terrorism. In addition, the bill would express the sense of the Congress that the President and the Secretary of Defense should not reduce, or seek to reduce, the number of members of the armed forces,
and that the President should support the increase in end-strength levels for the armed forces recommended by the Senate and House of Representatives for fiscal year 2003 because of the demands of the war against terrorism."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2002-07-19
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 4598: Homeland Security Information Sharing Act
"CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 4598 within the Department of Justice (DOJ) would cost less than $500,000 annually, subject to the availability of appropriated funds. CBO cannot determine the cost to implement the bill's provisions for federal intelligence agencies. The bill would not affect direct spending or receipts, so pay-as-you-go procedures would not apply. H.R. 4598 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and would impose no costs on state, local, or tribal governments. The bill would benefit state and local governments by allowing these levels of government better access to homeland security information. H.R. 4598 would direct the President to establish guidelines for federal agencies to share homeland security information with state and local personnel. Based on information from DOJ about the current and anticipated levels of information sharing, we do not expect that the bill would have a significant effect on federal spending for these activities."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2002-06-25
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CBO Study: Long-Term Implications of Current Defense Plans
"What are the long-term implications of the Bush Administration's plans for defense? What level of resources might be needed to execute those plans? If they were carried out, what would the Administration's plans imply about the size, composition, and age of future U.S. military forces? This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) study--prepared at the request of the Chairman
and Ranking Minority Member of the Subcommittee on Defense of the Senate Appropriations Committee--addresses those questions. It projects the long-term implications of today's defense plans for both resources and forces. In keeping with CBO's mandate to provide objective, impartial analysis, the study makes no recommendations."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2003-01
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Strategic Plan for Homeland Security
This document represents the results of strategic planning for homeland security efforts. It reflects the deliberations of the Agency's senior leadership since November 2001 as well as initial discussions with other Federal agencies and organizations, including the Office of Homeland
Security. The strategic plan for homeland security describes expansion of activities that EPA is already pursuing under existing programs and new initiatives in direct response to potential threats and vulnerabilities. The goals of this strategic plan are organized into four mission-critical areas:
1. critical infrastructure protection, 2. preparedness, response, and recovery,
3. communication and information, and 4. protection of EPA personnel and infrastructure. EPA has developed specific tactics to accomplish each goal and, for many goals, detailed activity lists and time frames for their completion. For almost every tactic, a key initial activity will be coordinated with participation from the new Department of Homeland Security, other Federal agencies, and EPA's partners at the state, local, and tribal levels. In acting
cooperatively, all organizations benefit from varying perspectives and expertise, thus ensuring the most efficient use of resources.
United States. Environmental Protection Agency
2002-09
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Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan
This document outlines the re-structuring of government agencies to create a central agency for domestic defense as a result of the Homeland Security Act of 2002.
United States. White House Office
2002-11-25
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Five Minutes Past Midnight: Clear and Present Danger of Nuclear Weapons Grade Fissile Materials
While weapons of mass destruction have been recognized as a "major threat to our security," with nuclear weapons being the most potentially devastating, it is less understood that growing stockpiles of nuclear weapons grade fissile materials (plutonium and highly enriched uranium) are also a "clear and present danger" to international security. Much of this material is uncontrolled and unsecured in the former Soviet Union (FSU). The proliferation risks of fissile materials are great and there are no short term solutions. Of immediate concern is the breakdown of societal controls in the FSU and the huge amount of unsecured and uncontrolled fissile materials. There is no national material control and accounting in Russia. No one knows exactly how much fissile materials they have, and at most sites not only do they not know how much they have, they do not know if any is missing. A bankrupt atomic energy industry, unpaid employees and little or no security has created a climate in which more an more fissile materials will likely be sold in black markets or diverted to clandestine nuclear weapons programs or transnational terrorist groups. Growing stockpiles of plutonium are another major proliferation risk. Despite the seemingly hopeless magnitude of the problem, a number of non-proliferation efforts have been taken to strengthen the international non-proliferation regime. The US will have to take the lead--because no one else can--to meet this challenge through the entire range of political and economic tools discussed.
USAF Institute for National Security Studies
Lambert, Stephen P.
1995-01
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Nuclear Proliferation: Diminishing Threat
This paper proposes an unusual and more sanguine view of the problem of nuclear proliferation. Dr Kincade points out that the pace of nuclear weapons testing and deployment has slowed in recent decades, while there has concurrently been an increase in the availability of nuclear knowledge. While non-proliferation efforts by the supplier states may explain part of this success, he postulates that domestic political decisions by potential proliferators play an equal or greater role. Deciding whether or not to weaponize and deploy a nuclear capability is certainly not the first step for a state wishing to achieve nuclear status, but it may be the most important. Here a number of domestic factors come into play that have little to do with international constraints or concerns about prestige: economics, internal politics, government learning, generational change, and so on. Kincade's findings are counterintuitive in the proliferation literature, and, if true, suggest that the problem cannot be dealt with solely using traditional means. Dr Kincade's thesis merits careful consideration by those involved in the proliferation debate as well as those in the policy making community.
USAF Institute for National Security Studies
Kincade, William H.
1995-12
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Weapons Proliferation and Organized Crime: The Russian Military and Security Force
The proliferation of weapons of all types, especially weapons of mass destruction (WMD), has emerged as a primary international security challenge in the post-Cold War era. This paper examines the critical issue of weapons proliferation in a unique way by focusing on how criminality in the former Soviet Union (FSU) exacerbates this problem. Undoubtedly, this dimension of the weapons proliferation problem does not receive enough attention, is not well understood, and presents extremely difficult policy-making challenges. As the author points out, many very worrisome proliferation ingredients are already present in the FSU, including huge stockpiles of conventional arms and WMD; widespread corruption, turmoil, and uncertainty in military and security establishments; and the potential for huge profits from state and nonstate markets. Adding organized crime to this volatile mix creates an explosive recipe and marks the FSU as the primary source of weapons proliferation for years to come. Overall, this study reaches four main conclusions. First, Russian military and security organizations are the primary sources for the flourishing illegal weapons trade within and outside of the FSU. Second, military criminality is playing an integral role in facilitating the illegal weapons trade. Third, weapons proliferation is fostered by extensive ties between criminal Russian military organizations and criminal elements within the Russian civil sector. Finally, the aforementioned factors raise substantial doubts about the avowed security of the Russian nuclear and CW stockpiles. These conclusions have enormous implications for American and Western policy makers as they attempt to craft mechanisms like the CTR to deal effectively with the threat of weapons proliferation from the FSU.
USAF Institute for National Security Studies
Turbiville, Graham Hall
1996-06
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Melancholy Reunion: A Report from the Future on the Collapse of Civil-Military Relations in the United States
"Melancholy Reunion" picks up where "The Origins of the American Military Coup of 2012" left off. The year is now 2017, and two years have elapsed since the countercoup that returned the U.S. government to civilian control. The United States has suffered not only defeats in the High-Tech War of 2007 and the Second Gulf War of 2010, but also a military coup in 2012. That coup, engineered by a highly politicized officer corps that blamed these bloody losses on "incompetent" civilian leaders, was initially welcomed by a public exasperated with elected government. Only a few years of repressive military rule had passed, however, before the countercoup in 2015. The chastened electorate placed the thoroughly disgraced armed forces under draconian civilian control. The speaker in this essay addresses the twentieth reunion of the Air University classes of 1997, a rather melancholy event under the circumstances. He examines civil-military relations issues emerging in the 1996-1997 time frame that, with the benefit of twenty-first century hindsight, foretold the coming catastrophes.
USAF Institute for National Security Studies
Dunlap, Charles J., 1950-
1996-10
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North Korea's Nuclear Program: Clinton Administration's Response
This paper highlights a potential source of unrest and instability in Northeast Asia. It addresses the suspected North Korean nuclear weapons program and the policies that the Bush and Clinton administrations employed to meet this perceived threat. In particular, the paper focuses on the counterproliferation policy efforts of the Clinton administration over the past two years, leading to the arguable success of the October 1994 US-North Korean agreements. Col Berry then analyzes the counterproliferation policy and draws conclusions as to whether it can serve as a model for similar efforts to stem proliferators in other regions of the world.
USAF Institute for National Security Studies
Reynolds, Rosalind R.
1995-03
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Nuclear Data for Homeland Defense and National Security
This data sheet covers the U.S. Nuclear Data Program, including Initiatives, National Nuclear Data Center, Safeguards and Nuclear Materials Management, Nuclear Interrogation, Stockpile Stewardship, and New Generation of Reactors, including many graphics. Nuclear data represent an essential part of nuclear technology information of homeland defense and national security, with substantial need for its improvement and development.
United States. Department of Energy
2002
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Lords of the Silk Route: Violent Non-State Actors in Central Asia
This paper, while it reports the
results of research undertaken across the year prior to the events of
September 11 and their aftermath, presents an analysis that is both
timely and relevant given those events. The two authors--each of whom is individually the winner of a previous INSS outstanding research award--develop and test a systematic, targeted, and useful methodology for examining the non-state political violence and its practitioner that the United States now faces. Their analysis also is grounded in Central Asia, a new but increasingly important region to United States military interest and presence. The paper stands well on either of those legs--a systematic methodology for violent non-state actors or a detailed and security oriented examination of an emerging critical region. Taken together, the two legs mark it as a singularly significant work, one well worthy of serious study. It is the contention of this paper that the new warlords of the
developing world pose a pressing security challenge for which regional governments and western powers, including the United States (US), are not adequately prepared. The post-heroic objectives and asymmetric methods embraced by VNSAs shatter the
assumptions of the "Clausewitzian Trinity" on which the modern nation-state roots its conception of conflict. The new VNSAs are
already challenging our understanding of how traditional constructs of deterrence, coercion and warfighting apply. Developing viable policies and responses to these threats demands a rigorous examination of the linkages between the spawning of VNSAs and
transnational security issues at the sub-national level. We further assert that non-traditional security issues, such as resource scarcity and demographics pressures, are gaining relevance as explanatory factors in the transformation from passive individual deprivation to violent collective action.
USAF Institute for National Security Studies
Thomas, Troy S.; Kiser, Stephen D.
2002-05
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FCC Staff Report on NTIA's Study of Current and Future Spectrum Use by the Energy, Water and Railroad Industries
This Report addresses matters identified in the NTIA Report to Congress in January of 2002, and it reflects the Federal
Communications Commission's efforts to meet the communications needs of the energy, water and railroad industries. Energy, water and railroad interests are critical to the nation's infrastructure and rely on radio spectrum to perform core operations, ranging from routine
monitoring to emergency responses. The Commission is especially sensitive to needs involving
domestic security concerns. Therefore, the spectrum needs of the designated industries as well
as others must be very carefully balanced and efficient use of the spectrum must be encouraged. Recent and ongoing actions of the Commission, as will be discussed, demonstrate how the Commission is responding to maximize the use of the airwaves. The Report is divided into three sections. Section I provides the background on the NTIA Report and this Report, presents the major concerns identified in the NTIA Report, and offers an overview of the communications systems used by the energy, water and railroad industries ("designated industries") and the bands currently used by these industries. Section II addresses major actions that the Commission has taken to address the spectrum requirements of the designated industries. Section III provides the FCC Staff's response to the matters identified by NTIA.
United States. Federal Communications Commission
Intoccia, Gregory F. (Gregory Francis)
2002-07-30
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Domestic Preparedness Program Evaluation of the Agilent GC-FPD/MSD (Gas Chromatograph-Flame Photometric Detector/Mass Selective Detector) System Against Chemical Warfare Agents: Summary Report
This report characterizes the chemical warfare (CW) agent detection potential of the commercially available Agilent GCFPD/ MSD linked to a Dynatherm system. This system is a thermal desorption, sample concentrating GC-FPD/MSD (gas
chromatograph-flame photometric detector and mass selective detector). The system was tested against HD, GB, and GA with the intent to detect the AEL level concentration. This report is to provide the emergency responders concerned with CW agent detection and verification an overview of the capabilities of the system. The system is planned for use in a mobile analytical laboratory.
U.S. Army Chemical and Biological Defense Command
Longworth, Terri L.; Baranoski, John M.; Ong, Kwok Y.
2002-10
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United States Coast Guard National Strike Force
A presentation from the World Wide Chemical Conference 19 (XIX) by the commander of the U.S. Coast Guard [USCG] National Strike Force. Outlines primary mission of the Strike Force which includes expertise in chemical, oil, and bio tactical response. The Force's primary mission is to "provide assistance to USCG and EPA [Environmental Protection Agency] Federal On Scene Coordinators while executing their responsibilities under the National Contingency Plan, the Federal Response Plan, and/or Domestic Terrorism Conplan."
United States. Coast Guard. National Strike Force
Hartley, Scott
2002-09-11
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DOD 3150.8-M: Nuclear Weapon Accident Response Procedures (NARP)
"This manual has been developed by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) under the authority of Department of Defense Directive 3150.8, 'DoD Response to Radiological Accidents,' June 13, 1996, and supersedes DoD Manual 5100.52-M, 'Nuclear Weapon Accident Response Procedures (NARP) Manual,' September 4, 1990.
This manual provides planners for Combatant Commanders, the Services, Response Task Force (RTF) Commanders and Initial Response Force (IRF) Commanders with the information necessary to understand the overall response concept, the role of the IRF and RTF, the relationship of the IRF, RTF, and DoD to other Federal agencies. This manual also provides guidance in conducting site remediation activities following an accident involving a nuclear weapon in DoD custody or other types of radiological accidents or incidents. This manual provides a national RTF organization, identifies applicable DoD publications and resources used in response efforts. This manual also describes the substantial resources other Federal agencies make available to assist in the response effort."
United States. Department of Defense
1996
