DOD Seeks to Upgrade WMD Destruction Tools

The U.S. military services have gaps in their ability to counter enemy biological and chemical weapons, a Defense Department official said this month (see GSN, Oct. 13).

“We would like to be able to better hold chemical and biological and radiological-type devices at risk better,” said Mike Novak, associate director for joint force application in the Office of the Defense Secretary. “Those are tough things to do.  If you blow up something chemical, you don’t always destroy it all. If you do something to a bio stockpile, you might spread it as much as destroy some of it.”

The Defense Department has been considering various industry ideas to upgrade its capabilities in WMD destruction, Aerospace Daily reported (Marc Selinger, Aerospace Daily/AviationNow.com, Nov. 11)

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