DTRA provides cross-cutting solutions to enable the Department of Defense, the United States Government, and international partners to deter strategic attack against the United States and its allies; prevent, reduce, and counter WMD and emerging threats; and prevail against WMD-armed adversaries in crisis and conflict.

Ensure a reliable, resilient strategic deterrent through nuclear surety,
mission assurance, and crisis response activities.

Prevent, reduce, and eliminate CBRN threats through risk reduction, arms control, partner capacity building, and warfighter support.

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Develop and deliver innovative capabilities to the warfighter across the threat spectrum.

Provide strategic and operational support through subject matter expertise, technical reachback, tailored analysis, and exercise support.

Support the Joint Force with plans, concepts, exercises, and materiel solutions to address CBRN operational and strategic risks.

 

Approaches

DTRA’s core functions contain many enduring tasks and responsibilities as well as new efforts and initiatives to account for rapidly evolving technological and operational challenges. In all cases, the agency must adapt to address these issues more effectively. These essential approaches are: campaigning, integrating, partnering, and posturing.


Campaigning


Integrating


Partnering


Posturing

 
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NTPR

Nuclear Test
Personnel Review

DNWS

Defense Nuclear
Weapons School

DTRIAC

Defense Threat Reduction
Information Analysis Center

ABOUT DTRA

DTRA provides cross-cutting solutions to enable the Department of Defense, the United States Government, and international partners to deter strategic attack against the United States and its allies; prevent, reduce, and counter WMD and emerging threats; and prevail against WMD-armed adversaries in crisis and conflict.  

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