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1 Introduction
Pages 11-14

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... , and other agencies have programs and test beds1 to study and improve the means of protecting buildings from biological and chemical attacks. These test beds and programs include the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA's)
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... Rather, it aims to provide DTRA guidance on investment, design, and implementation of building protection. The scope of this study is limited to airborne biological and chemical threat agents, even though explosives and radiological threat agents could be used in terrorist attacks as well.
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... Chapter 4 discusses metrics and evaluation criteria that could be used to assess building protection. Chapter 5 describes prior and existing programs and test beds in building protection that the committee considered.
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... .2 Preparation -- technical and operational -- can be advantageous to protecting building occupants, but at a cost. It is the committee's hope that this report will assist DOD in making cost-benefit decisions that will maximize the window of operational influence, save lives, and maintain operational facilities at an acceptable cost.


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