Biological agents field detection equipment

There is a shortage of biological agent detection equipment that can be used in the field, but the market has undergone vast changes since September 11,2001, that should lead to additional units. 

Fig. 16-30. Field use of the M21 Remote Sensing Chemical Agent Alarm (RSCAAL). Reprinted from Brletich NR, Waters MJ, Bowen GW, Tracy MF. Worldwide Chemical Detection Equipment Handbook. Edgewood, Md Chemical Warfare/Chemical and Biological Defense Information Analysis Center October 1995 425. Photograph Courtesy of Brunswick Corporation (now Intellitec), DeLand, Fla.

After World War II, as western defense became increasingly based on the threatened use of nuclear weapons, the Chemical Corps s mission expanded to include radiological protection as well as chemical and biological research and development. At the same time, the Corps concentrated on producing and fielding nerve agent weapons and the assorted detection and decontamination equipment required. 

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