BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE CONCEPT

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Subject: BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE CONCEPT                                      

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Folder Title: BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE CONCEPT                                                                      

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                                     US AR14Y


                             BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE CONCEPT



        1. (U.) TERMS OF REFERENCE

        .- a. (U.) Biotechnoloav and aenetic engineering have
        significantly expanded ondortunities for the manufacture of new
        and modified biological and toxin aaents which put US/allied
        soldier survivability increasinalv at risk. At the same time, the
        more classical agents such as ant@rax, botulism, StaTDhvlococcal
        enterotoxin, Clostridium r)erfrinaens, Yesrsina T)estis,
        Francisella tularensis, have been stockpiled and probably
        weai)onized by a varietv of Dotential users. It is imperative that
        exi@tina r)hvsical and medical biolocical defense research
        program@ ieep pace with increased emphasis on fieldina products
        to enahnce military personnel survivability.
           b. (U) The basic US Military Strateav to support national
        objectives is to deter war bv depending on forces organized,
        manned, trained, and equipped to defeat aggression across the
        entire spectrum of idotent@ial conflict including nuclear,
        biological and chemical (NBC) attacks.
           c. @    US forces now face a greater likelihood of exposure
        not only to classsical bicloaical agents but to bioenaineered
        ones.
           d. (U) The Biological and toxins agent threat stems from the
        proliferation of technology which greatly enhances variability
        and rapid production of agents and therefore weapons for low -,
        mid-, or high - intensity use bv the USSR, third world nations
        and/or terrorists.
           e. (U) National policv auidance requires US Forces be
        prer)ared to survive, conduct sustained operations and win in an
        NBC contaminated environment.
           f. (U) Proarams must of necessity be oriented on detection,
        protection, therapy and prohylaxes thereby improving soldier
        survivability.
Programs mav also contribute to deterrence to the
        extent they reduce an adversary's perceived potential
        effectiveness of biological and toxin agents.
           h. (U) To be effective in this deterrent role, biological
        defense caidabilitv and programs must be of such magnitude to make
        an adversary's biological and toxin attack objectives appear
        ineffective and/or excessively costly.



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