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WMD or CBRNE
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Chemical
Biological
Radiological
Nuclear
High Energy Explosives
Steps to Use of WMD
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Belief in mass casualties
Acquisition of materials
Weaponization
Delivery
Getting Caught?
Does it serve political purposes?
Biological Weapons
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Viruses
Bacteria
Fungi
Rickettsia
toxins
Dark Winter
exercises 2001
Scenario:
Smallpox outbreak
3 million cases
1 million deaths
December to February (scenario timing)
Anthrax Attacks 2001:
“Amerithrax” Investigation
Atomic and Nuclear Weapons
Hiroshima August 6, 1945
Hiroshima
Hiroshima
Nagasaki August 9, 1945
Dirty Bombs (Radiological weapons)
Nuclear Power Plants
Counterterrorist Measures
International
• Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
• Missile Technology Control Regime
• Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty (in process)
• Nuclear Security Summit April 2010
US
Proliferation Security Initiative
Container Security Initiative
Nuclear Emergency Support Teams (NEST)
Two Problems
1. Deterrence
2. States giving WMD to
terrorists
1. Deterrence
• Can you deter a terrorist?
• Can you deter a suicide terrorist?
2. Would a State Give a Terrorist
Group WMD?
Yes
• Mutual interests
• Covert attack
• Ideology
• Undeterrable states
No
• For deterrence, not
use
• For power
• Unreliability of
groups
• traceability
WMD Use
A Political decision?