Development of a program to prevent terrorist threats involving dangerous goods, to protect railways and critical transport infrastructure facilities based on the analysis of destructive events

   We have established that the transportation (transportation) of dangerous goods by rail, road, river and sea, aviation, pipeline modes of transport poses a significant danger not only “by itself”; as a result of violations of the safety conditions of the transport process provided for by regulations. An analysis of a number of events at transport facilities in the period 2022–2023 revealed the possibility of using the transportation of dangerous goods as a factor in creating man-made emergencies. To solve large-scale geopolitical problems that contradict the interests of the Russian Federation. At the same time, cargoes that make up more than 50 % of the cargo flow on all types of transport carry a potential danger for critical disorganization of the transport process.
   The purpose of the work was to identify the features of a number of emergency situations that occurred in the regions of the world, to identify shortcomings and “bottlenecks” in the security system for the development of preventive security measures. On all types of transport, sustainable and safe transportation (transportation) is provided by critical transport facilities, or critical transport infrastructure facilities. The analysis showed the need for the phased development and implementation of additional, non-standard security measures that require an integrated approach. The actions of 2022 and 2023 were taken into account: the explosions of the Nord Stream pipeline in the Baltic Sea, the Crimean Bridge (Kerch Strait), the Tolyatti – Odessa ammonia pipeline (on the territory of the Kharkiv region of Ukraine) and the arson of a railway train in the Severo-Muisky tunnel (on the territory of the Republic of Buryatia of the Russian Federation). In all cases, dangerous goods were an additional hazard factor: methane, anhydrous ammonia (hazard class 2) and diesel fuel (hazard class 3). The study of fact gives us grounds to conclude about a trend or phenomenon as an object of research. Typological features make it possible to combine emergency situations as similar, "similar", within the framework of the study.
   The measures proposed for the development of a program for the prevention of terrorist threats using dangerous goods relate mostly to organizational and technical ones. Due to the closeness of relevant information, events are discussed without details that are important for the effectiveness of development.

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