Weaponization and delivery of Chemical and Biological Agents: A Terrorism Perspective

Abstract

An appreciation of the techniques that have been employed to disseminate chemical and biological agents in non-military incidents is relevant to a variety of policy and planning issues including the following: (1) Prioritization of R&D funds earmarked for agent detection: (2) Exercise scenario development: (3) Development of symptom recognition guides: (4) Agent contamination and decontamination plans.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADP013466

Entities

People

  • Harvey Mcgeorge

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biological Factors
  • Congress
  • Contamination
  • Decontamination
  • Detection
  • Food
  • Materials
  • Newspapers
  • Particles
  • Periodicals
  • Projectiles
  • Public Safety
  • Recognition
  • Reservoirs
  • Technical Information Centers
  • Terrorism
  • Therapy

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design