Biological and Chemical Weapons
Biological and Chemical Weapons | Countermeasures to Biological and Chemical Terrorism Warrant Government Funding
W. Seth Carus is a senior research professor at the National Defense University. He is also the author of Ballistic Missiles in the Third World and The Poor Man’s Atomic Bomb? Biological Weapons in the Middle East.
Summary: An increased fear of biological or chemical terrorism has prompted the Clinton administration to raise federal spending on countermeasures and emergency response to attacks by such weapons. Although there have been few cases of this type of terrorism to warrant funding, the administration’s concern is appropriate. The...
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- Biological Weapons Are a Serious Threat
- Is the Fear of Biological Terrorism Justified?
- Terrorists Would Be Unlikely to Use Biological or Chemical Weapons
- Countermeasures to Biological and Chemical Terrorism Warrant Government Funding
- The Media Direct U.S. Policy Regarding Biological and Chemical Weapons
- An Attempt to Destroy Chemical Weapons Goes Awry
- Decreasing U.S. Intervention Overseas Will Reduce the Threat of Terrorist Attacks
- The Migration of Russian Biological Weapons Experts Is a Serious Threat
- A Nuclear Arsenal Is Needed to Counter a Biological Weapons Threat
- The Chemical Weapons Convention Is Unenforceable
- Local Governments’ Responses to Biological and Chemical Terrorism
- Unearthing the Truth
- Iraq Still Possesses a Biological and Chemical Arsenal
- The Biological and Chemical Weapons in Iraq’s Arsenal
- The U.S. Supplied Iraq with Biological and Chemical Weapons’ Materials
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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