The past decade brought about a dramatic change in the global Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) risk with a reduction of the threat of war and an increase in risk of terrorism. These changes have a considerable influence on the development of CBRN defense technologies: from highly predictable scenarios with relatively good risk assessment and intelligence capabilities, to a wide variety of scenarios with limited predictive capabilities in the case of terrorism. First responders are challenged to deal with multilateral issues, which are more complex than ever before. As long as the threat was state-posed and in a war context, CBRN technologies were developed in light of defense authorities’ demands. Nowadays, with the diminishing wartime threat, the market is left “unsupervised.” Manufacturers and developers are adopting their technologies with limited to no feedback and support of the end-users. In turn, this leads to suboptimal technological results from the operational point-of-view. This paper calls for a multi-sectorial, joint venture between academia, industry, government and first responders. Such collaboration should seek a non-competitive, financially stable environment to bridge gaps in the development of defense technologies that are adapted to the rapidly changing threats. Examples and discussion will be provided.

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通过多部门合作弥合CBRN防御技术发展的空白-行动呼吁

在过去的十年中，全球化学，生物，放射和核能（CBRN）风险发生了巨大变化，战争的威胁减少了，恐怖主义的风险也增加了。这些变化对CBRN防御技术的发展具有相当大的影响：从具有相对良好的风险评估和情报能力的高度可预测的方案到在恐怖主义情况下具有有限的预测能力的各种方案。急救人员面临着处理比以往任何时候都更为复杂的多边问题的挑战。只要威胁是由国家构成的，并且是在战争背景下，CBRN技术就是根据国防当局的要求开发的。如今，随着战时威胁的减少，市场处于“无监督”状态。”制造商和开发人员正在采用他们的技术，而这些技术仅限于没有反馈和最终用户支持的情况。反过来，从操作的角度来看，这导致次优的技术结果。本文呼吁在学术界，工业界，政府和急救人员之间建立多部门的合资企业。这种合作应寻求一种非竞争性，财务稳定的环境，以弥合适应迅速变化的威胁的国防技术发展的差距。将提供示例和讨论。这种合作应寻求一种非竞争性，财务稳定的环境，以弥合适应迅速变化的威胁的国防技术发展的差距。将提供示例和讨论。这种合作应寻求一种非竞争性，财务稳定的环境，以弥合适应迅速变化的威胁的国防技术发展的差距。将提供示例和讨论。