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	Protecting America's Infrastructure – Sandia is raising construction standards to produce structures that can better withstand a wide range of threats. In the Oklahoma City bombing, most of the victims were killed not by the blast but by the building when its nine floors collapsed like a house of cards.

The Military Technologies and Applications program develops high-impact responses to national security challenges. As the 9/11 terrorist attacks only begin to indicate, advanced technologies – chemical, biological, nuclear, and informational – create the potential for greater harm than ever to our nation.

Sandia's integrated science expertise allows us to develop technologically superior weapons and security systems. From basic research to global intelligence, Sandia supports numerous government and industry agencies in combating terrorism and threats against our armed forces and homeland. We apply our scientific and engineering knowledge to:

• Identify and neutralize biological and chemical agents, whether released accidentally or intentionally
• Disable explosive devices, including land mines and bombs
• Detect and defeat hard-to-find offensive threats, including weapons storage facilities and mobile targets
• Generate precise battlefield information

Sandia remains ready to provide our nation with the technical capability to respond to threats against our armed forces, our nation, and our survival as a free nation.

Video: MicroChemLab detects chemical agents and biotoxins (2:22). MicroChemLab video (9:07 version)

Initiatives

• Further develop applications of Engineered Collectives
• Support Sandia's directed energy research efforts
• Enhance technologies to defeat difficult targets
• Continue demilitarization efforts to rid the globe of landmines
• Waste Legacy