Chemical-biological attack
Subtitle: Achilles heel of the Air Expeditionary Force?
By: by Byron C. Hepburn
Series: Counterproliferation papers. Future warfare series -- no. 4; Future warfare series (Counterproliferation papers) -- no. 4
Publisher: USAF Counterproliferation Center, Air University
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Reorganization; Planning; Chemical warfare; Biological warfare; United States. Air Force
Description: Abstract: The very nature of the design of the Air Expeditionary Force (minimal redundancy in personnel and equipment and supported over extended distances by airlift) makes it particularly vulnerable to an asymmetric attack by chemical or biological weapons. "This paper calls for an objective and ongoing analysis of the threat and appropriate organizational response, through the creation of an Air Expeditionary Force Chemical Biological Threat Team. This multifunctional group would evaluate how the expeditionary forces are planned, organized, trained and equipped to deal with the chemical-biological threat."
Notes: "September 1999."

Includes bibliographical references: (p. 39-47).
Table of contents: title: Abstract; title: Introduction; title: The chemical-biological weapons threat; title: The Air Expeditionary Force; title: USAF response: the Air Expeditionary Force Chemical-Biological Threat Team; title: Conclusion; title: Recommendations.