DUSTY AGENTS IMPLICATIONS FOR CHEMICAL WARFARE PROTECTION

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Subject: DUSTY AGENTS IMPLICATIONS FOR CHEMICAL WARFARE PROTECTION       

Unit: XVIII CORPS 

Parent Organization: ARCENT      

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Folder Title: CHEMICAL INFORMATION                                                                            

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            the  development   of   newer    threat   (C) Resolve questions concerning the
            agents by our major potential.adver-      activated carbon-based air-permeable
            saries, we cannot expect lesser coun-     suit fabric against liquid and vapor
            tries with much smaller military          challenges under windy conditions to
            budgets to be- pursuing the develop-      determine if-doctriual and or materi-
            ment of new agents.        Instead we     el fixes are required.
            should exdect    them to obtain or
            produce established or already re-        (S)   Focus intelligence efforts to
            searched agents at a lower cost and       furtier determine and confirm the
            lower risk level.  (These do not have     extent to which potential enemies
            to be agents considered or stand-         have developed or weaponized dusty
            ardized   in   the   United    States.)   agents.
            Should US forces be unable or unure-
            pared to defend against these 'old-
            agents, they will become even more
            cost effective and more desirable to
            an enemy.

            6.   COURSE OF A=ON (U)

            (C) Develop better toxicological i@
            formation on dusty nerve and vesicant
            agents to provide guidance for mi!4--
            t,-  planners and materiel develoD-7
              y
            ers.


            (C) Conduct a review of existing
            requirements documents for US C-zR
            protective clothing and modify the
            technical specifications and conse-
            quently the US protective posture to
            address the aerosol threat.


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            detectors against dusty agents and
            establish new requirements for detec-
            tion of dusty agents on the battle-
            field.


            (C) Determine the dissemination and
            persistence characteristics of vari-
            ous agents in dusty form to assist
            in materiel development and in model-
            in- opposing forces' use of chemical
            agents.






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