The threat posed by chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) weapons has been growing for years due to technological advances the changing political environment. These are attractive states mainly because of their deterrent value, non-state actors, especially terrorist groups, may use them causing an enormous psychological impact. diversity is increased recent highly unusual trend ...

The threat posed by weapons of mass destruction (WMD) has become one of the most important, if not the most important, issue on security and foreign policy agendas at the beginning of the twentyfirst century. Iraq’s alleged pursuit and possession of WMD dominated the international security agenda from President Bush’s speech to the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in September 2002, through...

Would domestic terrorists use biological weapons?1 The conventional wisdom among experts has been that terrorists “want a lot of people watching, not a lot of people dead” and are unlikely to turn to weapons of mass destruction.2 A new school of thought proposes that improved technology has made biological attacks resulting in hundreds of thousands or millions of deaths all but inevitable. Whil...

E. Anders Eriksson is a Senior Analyst with the Defence Research Establishment (FOA), Stockholm, Sweden, specializing in technology and innovation and their relationship to national security and other public goods. Dr. Eriksson has a Ph.D. in Operations Research from the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. The views expressed in this paper are those of the author, and do not represent the...

The goal of this work is a detailed study of uranium detection by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) for application to activities associated with environmental surveillance and detecting weapons of mass destruction (WMD). The study was used to assist development of LIBS instruments for standoff detection of bulk radiological and nuclear materials and these materials distributed as con...

The possibility of a terrorist attack employing the use of chemical or biological weapons of mass destruction (WMD) on American soil is no longer an empty threat, it has become a reality. A WMD is defined as any weapon with the capacity to inflict death and destruction on such a massive scale that its very presence in the hands of hostile forces is a grievous threat. Events of the past few year...

Web Publication: 06 February 2004 There should be no doubt by now that the challenge of terrorism has left an indelible mark on the world as we know it. From the 11 September 2001 assaults on the New York City World Trade Center and the US Pentagon to the daily carnage in Iraq, as the traditional Turkish expression goes, we are truly "living the history". No group is as intimately connected to ...

This study addresses the issue of proliferation weapons mass destruction, which includes possession chemical weapons, biological and nuclear weapons. The international community endeavors to mitigate dangers posed by trade in destruction. Changes technology have contributed a shift sources funding for Financial institutions are susceptible being utilized as conduit money laundering financing Th...