There is an interesting article over at I-HLS.com that describes the operation of the US Army’s new Stryker Nuclear Biological Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicle. The article highlights the operational capabilities of the relatively new vehicle system (including the carried CBRN reconnaissance UAV), while neglecting the shortcomings that the Army identified in their testing program. Still the idea of using a drone for conducting rapid chemical and radiological surveillance is a worthwhile concept.
How many times have we seen news footage of ominous dark clouds from fires at chemical facilities while the same news reports quote regulatory officials claiming that groundside atmospheric monitoring detects ‘no chemicals of concern’. If those officials were able to sample within that very large cloud, they might provide a very different and more complete description of the downwind hazard.
Emergency response managers with a significant number of
chemical facilities (or even just one or two with particularly noxious toxic
chemicals on hand) might find it worthwhile to invest in such UAVs to be
launched from Fire Department chemical response vehicles. This would allow
first responders to have real-time data about the location and concentration of
airborne chemicals during incidents.
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