NYPD + FEDS To Conduct Airborne Weapons Test On NYC Subway System

Posted by James Φοίνιξ on April 24, 2013 at 2:48pm in Current

NYPD teams with US lab to study airborne weapons

The New York Police Department is teaming up with a national laboratory to study how chemical weapons could be dispersed through the air into the subway system.

Researchers will track the movement of harmless tracer gases. They'll place air sampling devices in specific areas on the street and within the subway system. The gases mimic how a chemical or biological weapon may react if released.

Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said the study will help safeguard the city against attacks.

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The tests will be conducted in July in all five boroughs.

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