Talk:Defense Threat Reduction Agency

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Contents 1 Cleanup 2 Issues 3 Unsourced material 4 Introduction

[edit] Cleanup

I marked this page for cleanup because the article repeats itself over and over again. It looks like 5 people tried to write the article and just decided to include all 5 versions one after another. For starters, maybe the missions statement should only be quoted once?

[edit] Issues

DTRA was formed by combining some DoD agencies, including the Defense Special Weapons Agency. DSWA was a successor to the Defense Nuclear Agency. So, DNA did have a Cold War mission. DNA changed their name to DSWA, which was then assimilated into DTRA. Hope this helps - I'll change the page accordingly. - new user, 20 March 2006

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency came into being in 1998. This means that it did not have a mission during the Cold War. It was formed from previous agencies, some of which did have such missions. Its history should be expanded. I will be revising this article shortly to be consistent with the DTRA web page. Robert McClenon 16:52, 6 August 2005 (UTC)

Good that we have someone with knowledge about this. Mine was simply stories ands tuff that I was told by other people. Best of luck with the expansion. -Husnock 20:50, 6 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Unsourced material

I am archiving unsourced statements to this page. Robert McClenon 16:54, 6 August 2005 (UTC)

Rumors also exist that the Defense Threat Reduction Agency maintains invasion plans for Canada and Mexico, should either of those countries destabilize into a government unfriendly or hostile to the United States.

It looks like it wasnt these guys, as you say, but I wonder who? There are actually such plans in existence, as the old War Plans Division of the War Department was in charge of invasion plans for everywhere from Canada, Mexico, and England. I wonder who inherited the job? -Husnock 20:50, 6 August 2005 (UTC)

It is my understanding that these plans exist. I have no idea who maintains them. I had not known until now that DTRA was one of various US agencies about whom there were conspiracy theories. (Conspiracies do exist, but most theories about them are nonsense. Some of them are true, but most are not.) Robert McClenon 02:08, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Introduction

I think that I accidentally snipped the opening paragraph when snipping the accuracy banner. Thank you for restoring it. Robert McClenon 00:13, 10 September 2005 (UTC)