The NATO Chief Scientist Dr Bryan Wells is delighted to announce the second NATO Chief Scientist Research Report on the impact of technological trends on Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) defence towards 2030. The report summarizes the most important findings from the NATO Science & Technology Organization Long-Term Scientific Study (LTSS) on CBRN Defence, TR-HFM-273, conducted in the period 2016–2020 and published in June 2021. The Report has a joint foreword by the Chief Scientist, and Dr Janet Blatny, FFI(NOR), who was chair of the LTSS.
 The aim of the LTSS was to explore current and future CBRN threats and hazards towards 2030 and to understand how they will be shaped by advances in science and technology (S&T). Presenting the key findings from this study, the second NATO Chief Scientist Research Report provides valuable insight on how such advances present challenges as well as opportunities for strengthening NATO's CBRN defence in the years towards 2030.
Key findings from the report include:
- The acceleration of global scientific and technological advances comes at a time when CBRN threats and hazards are becoming increasingly diverse.
- There is a need for research-based knowledge in specific focus areas in order to strengthen CBRN defence within the Alliance.
- Individual CBRN defence capabilities, both those under development as well as those in operative use, should be considered within an overall and integrated CBRN defence system, while balanced and linked within the wider defence enterprise.
The report may be accessed here.
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