Defense Threat Reduction Agency

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U.S. Department of Defense agency United States defense agency

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency is a U.S. Department of Defense organization responsible for safeguarding the United States and its allies from weapons of mass destruction and emerging threats.

Aliases (8)

DTRA ×1
Defense Nuclear Agency ×1
Defense Special Weapons Agency ×1
Defense Threat Reduction Agency Chemical and Biological Technologies Department ×1
Defense Threat Reduction Agency Nuclear Enterprise Directorate ×1
Defense Threat Reduction Agency On-Site Inspection Directorate ×1
Defense Threat Reduction Agency Operations Directorate ×1
Defense Threat Reduction Agency Research and Development Directorate ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. Department of Defense agency → United States defense agency →
abbreviation	DTRA →
appliesToJurisdiction	U.S. allies → United States →
country	United States →
employs	civilian personnel → military personnel →
fieldOfWork	arms control verification → biological weapons → chemical and biological defense → chemical weapons → counterproliferation → nonproliferation → nuclear security → nuclear weapons → radiological weapons → threat reduction → weapons of mass destruction →
formedByMergerOf	Defense Nuclear Agency → Defense Special Weapons Agency → Defense Technology Security Administration → On-Site Inspection Agency →
hasPart	Defense Threat Reduction Agency Chemical and Biological Technologies Department → Defense Threat Reduction Agency Nuclear Enterprise Directorate → Defense Threat Reduction Agency On-Site Inspection Directorate → Defense Threat Reduction Agency Operations Directorate → Defense Threat Reduction Agency Research and Development Directorate →
headquartersLocation	Fort Belvoir, Virginia → United States → Virginia →
inception	1998 →
jurisdiction	United States Department of Defense →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Fairfax County, Virginia →
mission	counter emerging threats → enable the Department of Defense and the U.S. government to prepare for and respond to WMD threats → safeguard the United States and its allies from weapons of mass destruction →
operatesInSector	defense → homeland security → national security →
parentOrganization	United States Department of Defense →
performsFunction	WMD consequence management planning → WMD threat assessment → arms control treaty inspection → arms control treaty monitoring → nuclear test monitoring support → support to combatant commands on WMD issues →
replaces	Defense Nuclear Agency → Defense Special Weapons Agency → On-Site Inspection Agency →
website	https://www.dtra.mil/ →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Defense Threat Reduction Agency ("Defense Threat Reduction Agency Research and Development Directorate") → Defense Threat Reduction Agency ("Defense Threat Reduction Agency Operations Directorate") → Defense Threat Reduction Agency ("Defense Threat Reduction Agency Nuclear Enterprise Directorate") → Defense Threat Reduction Agency ("Defense Threat Reduction Agency Chemical and Biological Technologies Department") → Defense Threat Reduction Agency ("Defense Threat Reduction Agency On-Site Inspection Directorate") →	hasPart
Defense Threat Reduction Agency ("Defense Special Weapons Agency") → Defense Threat Reduction Agency ("Defense Nuclear Agency") →	formedByMergerOf
Defense Threat Reduction Agency ("DTRA") →	abbreviation
Fort Belvoir →	hosts
Defense Agencies →	include
DoD Field Activities →	includes
U.S. Chemical Demilitarization Program →	oversightBy