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STANAG 3606
STANAG 3606 laser safety for outdoor military environments
Manufacturers of military laser systems, and the range safety staff, host nations and user nations who evaluate and approve their use on NATO and allied outdoor ranges.
STANAG 3606 is the NATO agreement on evaluating and controlling laser hazards on NATO and allied outdoor ranges. NATO has not released it publicly; this page describes it from the Czech defence standard that implements an earlier edition of it.
- Edition
- 8
- Published
- 2024-11-21
NATO has not released this STANAG publicly. It is NATO UNCLASSIFIED, and organisations that need it obtain it through their national standardization authority.
What it is
STANAG 3606 is the NATO Standardization Agreement on laser safety evaluation for outdoor military environments. Edition 8, promulgated in November 2024, is sponsored by NATO's MC, MCLSB, NRS and LSP, and covers the publication ARSP-4.
NATO has not released STANAG 3606 or ARSP-4 publicly. This page describes them from a public national implementation, the Czech defence standard ČOS 051636 (2nd edition, effective from January 2017), which states that it introduces STANAG 3606 edition 6 and ARSP-4 edition A into Czech use. NATO's current editions are STANAG 3606 edition 8 and ARSP-4 edition C, so the Czech implementation describes an earlier state of the agreement, and a national implementation can also add its own requirements and reservations. Treat what follows as the Czech implementation's content, not as NATO's current text.
What the Czech implementation covers
ČOS 051636 sets out safety rules for operating lasers in all outdoor military areas used by NATO and allied forces, including training, test and operational areas. Its stated purpose is to give states a common basis for evaluating laser hazards, so that an assessment carried out by one nation can be accepted by another and forces training together do not have to duplicate it. It sets out two evaluation methods: deterministic risk assessment, which compares a laser's likely exposure against internationally accepted maximum permissible exposure limits to calculate a nominal ocular hazard distance and a nominal hazard zone around the beam; and probabilistic risk assessment, which combines the main hazard factors into an overall probability and compares it against a risk level each state sets for itself. It places lasers into one of seven hazard classes, following the classification method of ČSN EN 60825-1 (the Czech adoption of IEC 60825-1), from class 1 lasers that are not hazardous in foreseeable use to class 4 lasers that can injure the eye and skin and ignite flammable material.
Who the Czech implementation makes responsible
The standard sets out separate duties for the host nation, which has sovereign control of the range, and the user nation, whose unit is operating there. The user nation must give the host nation the hazard classification of every laser system it intends to use; the host nation approves the laser's operating position, target area, safety angles and hazard zones, and provides warning signage that follows ČSN EN 60825-1. It groups controls into three tiers in order of priority: engineering controls such as enclosures, alignment and interlocks; procedural and administrative controls such as standard operating procedures, operator training and restricting laser use to approved ranges; and personal protective equipment such as laser eye protection.
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A supplier bound by STANAG 3606 through a contract holds the obtained text through its national authority. In ComplyTrain you record the requirements that apply to you as your own requirements, give each an owner, and keep the evidence that shows you meet them against each one.
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