THE PENTAGON WANTS TO PROTECT MILITARY WORKING DOGS FROM CHEMICAL WEAPONS
Michael Peck | May 25, 2022
Concerned that a soldier’s best friend lacks protection against chemical and biological weapons, the Pentagon wants portable weapons of mass destruction (WMD) shelters for military working dogs.
Military dog handlers and Military Working Dogs (MWD) often will be the first to enter an area contaminated by WMD. But while the human handlers have protection against chemical weapons, the military dogs don’t, according to the research solicitation published by the Department of Defense’s Office for Chemical and Biological Defense.
“Handlers have access to a wide array of personal protective equipment (PPE), developed, improved and deployed for decades; however, there are very few PPE options for MWDs,” warns the solicitation. “Most, if not all, currently fielded protection systems, like the Joint Expeditionary Collective Protection (JECP) Shelters require a significant logistical footprint including electrical access and complex active filtration.”
“For certain critical missions demanding a high degree of maneuverability and general readiness, it is highly desirable to have innovative MWD shelters with much lower logistical requirements and convenience elements such as portability, air filtration and expansion for future requirements,” the Pentagon adds.
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