Combating Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction

U.S. Army Top Ranked Specific Military Requirements (SMRs) for Nuclear Weapons EffectsResearch Fiscal Years 1999/2000Pri SMR Topic Description1 2.3.1a Incorporate nuclear weapons effects information into simulation and distributedinteractive simulation systems2 4.3.2a Develop procedures and equipment for low-level radiation doses3 3.2.2b Create commanders dose-level guidance for operations in low-level radiationenvironments4 3.5.3a Identify or develop low-cost, individual-issue physical dosimetry and fieldbiodosimetry to measure radiation levels5 4.5.2a Develop procedures to predict system responses to electromagnetic environments6 4.1.2a Investigate the non-ideal air blast phenomenon7 4.3.4a Add capabilities for current system protection factor prediction codes8 2.1.2a Expand and maintain a database of equipment performance and automate targeting data9 3.3.2a Estimate combined effects of ionizing radiation and other stressors10 4.5.2I Exercise new validation procedures to assess Army digitized battlefield acquisitions11 3.2.2a Decrease the long-term health effects of radiation, using drugs12 3.4.2a Develop data and models to predict performance degradation from effects of lasers13 4.3.4b Estimate initial-and residual-radiation protection factors for military shelters andequipment14 4.3.2c Evaluate the accuracy of aerial survey15 3.8.1a Develop treatment protocols and a field screening kit for depleted uranium in urine16 4.5.2h Develop electromagnetic test validation procedure(s)/simulator(s) to replace current techniques17 4.3.2b Enhance and maintain radiation transport codes18 3.6.3a Provide integrated medical assessment tools19 4.1.6a Test and analyze composites for response to thermal-blast synergistic effects20 2.2.1a Develop methodology and analytic tools for nuclear survivability analysesThe Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and TechnologyThe Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology (USD(A&T)) hasthree interlocking processes for identification and prioritization of research, development,and acquisition of science and technology for combating the proliferation of weapons ofmass destruction:• The Office of the Secretary of Defense’s Nuclear, Biological, and ChemicalDefense Steering Committee, presumably chaired by the acting Assistant tothe Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense. Itprovides oversight of the chemical and biological defense program and setsoverall guidance to the Joint Nuclear, Biological and Chemical DefenseBoard. It is composed of the Director for Defense Research andEngineering, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, the Chemical andBiological Defense Directorate from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency53