Terrorists and Unconventional Weapons: Is the Threat Real?

For years the government has been concerned about terrorists and unconventional weapons - but is the threat real? The threat is definitely real, but may not be from the source you would expect. The threat is not from biological and chemical weapons as experts seems to think - yes the information is...

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Published inLow intensity conflict & law enforcement Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 20 - 50
Main Author Bennett, Debra
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Taylor & Francis GroupAbingdon, UK 01.03.2004
Subjects
Biological Weapons
Chemical Weapons
Conflict
Law
Nuclear Weapons
Terrorism
Weapons
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Summary:For years the government has been concerned about terrorists and unconventional weapons - but is the threat real? The threat is definitely real, but may not be from the source you would expect. The threat is not from biological and chemical weapons as experts seems to think - yes the information is readily available, but production and dissemination are far more complicated than what the public has been lead to believe. Even the threat from radiological devices, otherwise known as 'dirty bombs', is not realistic. The weapon is extremely dangerous to make, very heavy and produces a low mass casualty rate. Instead the threat stems from terrorists acquiring, producing or stealing nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons today are small enough that we would never be able to find them, and they can be remotely detonated.
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ISSN:0966-2847
1744-0556
DOI:10.1080/0966284042000306721