# Emergent Mass Destruction **Entity class:** Systems concept **Emergent mass destruction** is mass-casualty harm produced by the interaction of components whose isolated properties do not fully explain the system outcome. Ideology, people, coordination, access, an ordinary platform, target vulnerability, and timing can combine into destructive capacity not located in any single component. ## Relationships [[wiki/Mass-Casualty Threat System|Mass-Casualty Threat System]] · [[wiki/Weaponized Ideology|Weaponized Ideology]] · [[wiki/Human-Guided Weapon|Human-Guided Weapon]] ## Sources - [DTRA — 2019 Strategic Plan for RDT&E](https://www.dtra.mil/Portals/61/Documents/Missions/190424_2019_DTRA_Strategic_Plan_for_RDTE.pdf) **As of:** 2026-09-23