AFI10-2607 — Chemical, Biological, Radiological, And Nuclear Survivability

AFI10-2607 governs Air Force requirements and procedures for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear survivability.

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  • Publication number: AFI10-2607
  • Title: CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL, AND NUCLEAR SURVIVABILITY
  • Date: 2018-08-09

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AFI10-2607 addresses CBR contamination survivability, nuclear survivability, mission-critical systems, infrastructure, and life-cycle considerations. It requires survivability to be supported through hardening, timely resupply, redundancy, mitigation, or a combination of these measures.

Topics covered

  • CBRN contamination survivability
  • Nuclear survivability
  • Mission-critical systems and infrastructure
  • CBRN hardness
  • CBR decontaminability
  • CBR compatibility
  • Hardness assurance
  • Hardness surveillance

Questions and answers

What does CBRN Survivability include?

CBRN Survivability consists of CBR contamination survivability and nuclear survivability. (paragraph 1)

How does the Air Force ensure mission-critical systems survive CBRN environments?

The Air Force addresses CBRN survivability by identifying mission-critical systems and infrastructure required to survive and/or operate in CBRN environments and ensuring their availability through hardening, timely resupply, redundancy, mitigation (i.e., tactics, techniques, and procedures), or a combination thereof. (paragraph 1)

How long do CBRN Survivability considerations apply?

CBRN Survivability considerations apply throughout a system’s and/or infrastructure’s life cycle. (paragraph 1)

What programs must program managers implement when systems require hardening?

Ensures program managers implement hardness assurance programs, as well as, continuing hardness maintenance and hardness surveillance programs if the system requires hardening to survive against nuclear, ballistic, chemical, biological, high-power microwave, or laser threats IAW AFI 63-101/20-101, Integrated Life Cycle Management. (paragraph 2)

Who oversees testing and evaluation of system survivability?

Oversees the testing and evaluation of system survivability IAW AFI 99-103, Capabilities-Based Test and Evaluation. (paragraph 2)

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