25. UNCLASSIFIED
Strategic context
NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY: RISKS
Tier 1 : International terrorism including the use of CBRN
materials
Tier 2 : Attack on the UK or its Territories by a state or
proxy using CBRN weapons
SDSR: NATIONAL SECURITY TASKS & PLANNING
GUIDELINES:
We will .. tackle those who threaten the UK & our
interests, including maintenance of underpinning
technical expertise in key areas. To deliver this we
require … retention of our CBRN science and technology
capabilities that contribute to counter-proliferation and
our response to the potential use of such materials by
terrorist or state actors
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26. UNCLASSIFIED
National Security Through Technology
23 July 2014
• ... ensure small and medium sized companies can
continue to deliver the innovation and flexibility we need.
• Building on the Centre for Defence Enterprise’s (CDE)
success in providing efficient access to innovation, we will
broaden its remit to cover both the defence and security
domains.
• …the most significant challenges currently faced by both
the defence and security communities…where we judge
the UK will get best value-for-money from science &
technology:
– being able to identify and effectively mitigate CBRN
threats to the UK and its interests
27. UNCLASSIFIED
Defence AND Security
• CONTEST & UK Biological Security Strategy (Home Office)
• National Counter Proliferation Strategy (FCO)
• National Risk Assessment (CO)
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28. UNCLASSIFIED
23 July 2014
The CBW spectrum illustrates the range of materials that
could be used as CBW agents
Toxic
industrial
chemicals
(TICS)
Major CW
agents
Emerging
CW agents
Mid
spectrum
agents
BW agents
HCN
Phosgene
chlorine
ammonia
vesicants
nerve agents
psycho-
chemicals
developments
from
pharmaceutical
& pesticide
research
(Moscow
theatre)
toxins
bioregulators
bacteria
rickettsia
viruses
increasing potency (up to~1012)
synthetic chemicals
self-replicating
agents of biological origin
31. UNCLASSIFIED
Programme vision
Through the contribution of S&T
• CBR weapons/materials will have no
strategic or tactical effect
• Perpetrators will be identified
• Restraint is rewarded and acceptable
norms are reinforced
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