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designed to operate on hardware provided by the services.


Each service’s approach to the CBRN mission is different, because of


the DATA SYNTHESIS


JWARN communicates information about CBRN incidents across the chain of command and to affected units. Its ability to overlay graphical depictions of CBRN events onto a command-and-control map that also shows the locations of friendly forces or known threats is of vital importance for a commander who needs to decide what to do after a CBRN event. (Photo courtesy of the authors)


differences in missions of the services themselves. For example, the Army may have forward-deployed forces maneuver- ing through a battlefield where the enemy might employ chemical weapons in an attempt to prevent that maneuver; the Air Force’s interest in CBRN events is more focused on defending a well-established air base that is (obviously) not maneuvering. Terefore, an Army command post needs to see a plot of where a chemical attack occurred and the area contaminated by that attack, and it needs to be able to plot that “picture” on command-and-control maps, which depict where friendly units are and what direction they are traveling. In the Air Force, the emergency manage- ment personnel who are charged with responding to CBRN events need to see where on an air base a chemical detection may have occurred and the parts of the base affected by that attack, so that they can adjust operations accordingly and begin decontamination efforts as needed.


JEM MODELS THE ATTACK


JEM uses current weather observations to create a detailed plot of the area affected by a CBRN attack to determine which part of the base is affected and which areas ground troops need to avoid. (Photo courtesy of the authors)


Using current weather observations and forecasts, JEM can provide a high-fidelity plot of the affected area that the Air Force would need to determine which part of the base is affected; the Army can use the plots to anticipate which areas need to be avoided by ground troops in the area. Navy crews on ships and aircraft could be supporting relief efforts around a radiolog- ically contaminated area, similar to the response to the Fukushima earthquake, for example, and may need to plan accord- ingly. And all services have a requirement to notify higher headquarters and other affected units if they observe a CBRN attack or incident, for which JWARN provides the messaging capability.


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