COURSE 6000 “WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION IN MARITIME INTERDICTION OPERATIONS” (ACT 684, ETOC WMD-MD-31209)

The aim of the NATO Approved course is to educate and train students from the Military, Governmental, Law Enforcement, Customs services and other related agencies in NATO practices and procedures regarding operational and tactical dimensions of WMD in Maritime Interdiction Operations.

The curriculum of Course 6000 includes the following theoretical and practical modules:

(1) Module 6110 – Political aspects of the prevention of the proliferation of WMD
(2) Module 6120 – NATO strategic approach on CBRN in relation to MIO
(3) Module 6130 – Legal Aspects Related to WMD Counter-Proliferation in the Maritime Environment
(4) Module 6140 – Operational Processes Required to Successfully Counter the WMD Proliferation at Sea
(5) Module 6150 – Reach Back Architecture and Procedures
(6) Module 6210 – CBRN Threat
(7) Module 6220 – CBRN Agents and their Means of Delivery
(8) Module 6230 – CBRN Agents’ Impact on the Human Body
(9) Module 6240 – Methods of CBRN Detection and the Respective Equipment
(10) Module 6250 – Principles of CBRN Detection and the Respective Equipment
(11) Module 6310 – Stand-Off Detection of CBRN Material during MIO
(12) Module 6320 – Detection of CBRN material during boarding
(13) Module 6330 – Identification of CBRN material during boarding.