El TNO, Nederlandse Organisatie voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek, u Organización de los Países Bajos para la Investigación Científica Aplicada, es una organización independiente, no gubernamental, que se dedica a la investigación en cinco campos: Energía, Industria, Vida saludable, Urbanización y Defensa y seguridad. Dentro de este último campo, y trabajando asociada con instituciones de Suecia, Alemania, el Reino Unido, Turquía, Israel y también de los Países Bajos, se encuentra desarrollando el proyecto SUBCOP para tratar de encontrar soluciones al problema de prevenir y detener a un terrorista suicida con explosivos antes que pueda llevar adelante un atentado.
Project description
SUBCOP addresses the extraordinary challenge of how to intervene in a suicide bombing event using less than lethal means.
SUBCOP sets out to develop technologies and procedures that can be applied by the Police Security Forces when responding to a suspected PBIED (Person Borne Improvised Explosive Device). The core objectives for SUBCOP are to consider;
- the available technological tools for less than lethal PBIED intervention,
- the novel procedures for their application, and
- the development of new less than lethal capabilities
SUBCOP addresses the course of action to take when an alert to a possible PBIED has been issued and an attack may be imminent.
It acknowledges that an alert may only give cause for suspecting the presence of a PBIED, and that this suspicion can be of lower or higher confidence.
SUBCOP will develop guidance as to what response to a PBIED that is ethically and socially justifiable for such a given situation.
SUBCOP is insensitive to how the alert is raised, should it be based on detection of explosives or explosive devices,
informants’ reporting, or other intelligence sources.
SUBCOP is a collaborative three year project between 11 different organizations from six European Union and associated states. The project is financed by the European Union through the 7 th Framework Programme.
Fuente: http://www.subcop.eu/
