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Passive defence
Measures taken to reduce the probability of and to minimise the effects of damage caused by hostile action without the intention of taking the initiative.
To protect US, allied, and coalition forces against NBC effects, including measures to detect and identify NBC agents, individual and collective protection equipment, NBC medical response, vaccines for BW defense, and NBC decontamination capabilities.
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