KABUL Afghanistan – Warfighters operating in combat zones are continuously confronted with adversarial improvised threat technologies designed to inflict harm and disrupt operations. Over time, these nontraditional attacks have taken a heavy toll on mission success rates and weighed down the morale of warfighters. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) provides an “umbrella” of protection by deploying teams of technical integrators (TI) with subject matter expertise to assess and mitigate a myriad of improvised threats.
“On May 31, 2017, a large vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (LV-IED) detonated in Kabul which devastated the German Embassy, severely damaged the UK Embassy and several Afghan Government buildings,” explained David Gonzalez, lead technical integrator for DTRA’s Counter Improvised Threat Technologies Department. “It was this devastating event that prompted Resolute Support Headquarters, the NATO-led mission charged with training, advising and assisting the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces, to request DTRA’s expertise in addressing and defeating these type of threats.”
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Source: DVIDS