The United States faces a small number of rogue states that either have or are working to acquire weapons of mass destruction. These NASTIs, or NBC-Arming Sponsors of Terrorism and Intervention, include such states as North Korea, Iraq, Iran, Libya, and Syria. U.S. nonproliferation programs and policies have helped to keep this number small, but U.S. and allied counterproliferation programs are essential to reduce the danger. It is up to deterrence, active defenses, passive defenses, decontamination, and counterforce to turn enemy weapons of mass destruction into instruments of limited...
The United States faces a small number of rogue states that either have or are working to acquire weapons of mass destruction. These NASTIs, or NBC...
A new threat is stalking nations, as terrorist organizations and rogue states alike appear intent on acquiring and using the poor man's nuclear weapon: biological agents such as anthrax, smallpox, and plague. Attacks against Americans during the past dozen years may be an indication of more worrisome events to come. U.S. military forces in Japan were attacked in April of 1990 with botulinum toxin by the Aum Shinrikyo cult. Hundreds in Oregon were sickened with Salmonella after an attack in 1984. And small amounts of anthrax resulted in widespread panic and frequent evacuations across the...
A new threat is stalking nations, as terrorist organizations and rogue states alike appear intent on acquiring and using the poor man's nuclear wea...
Barry R. Schneider Jerrold M. Post Michael T. Kindt
Terrorist organizations and international criminal networks pose an increasing danger to the world. This book looks at diverse groupsfrom Al Qaeda toMexican drug cartels and includesa chapter on terrorist WMD threats. This look at sub-state rivals is recommended to all serious students of international security."
Terrorist organizations and international criminal networks pose an increasing danger to the world. This book looks at diverse groupsfrom Al Qaeda toM...
The Middle East is an international flashpoint, a place where open warfare could erupt at any time. It is the home of numerous countries possessing some combination of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) (nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons), and is an area where states are developing an increasing capability to deliver such WMD by missiles and/or aircraft. The Middle East is also the home of US friends who oppose each other as well as rogue states who are hostile to the United States. In short, the Middle East is a WMD war waiting to happen. Such a conflict would harm US allies and US...
The Middle East is an international flashpoint, a place where open warfare could erupt at any time. It is the home of numerous countries possessing so...
This is a book about strategy and war fighting. It contains 11 essays which examine topics such as military operations against a well-armed rogue state, the potential of parallel warfare strategy for different kinds of states, the revolutionary potential of information warfare, the lethal possibilities of biological warfare and the elements of an ongoing revolution in military affairs. The purpose of the book is to focus attention on the operational problems, enemy strategies and threat that will confront U.S. national security decision makers in the twenty-first century.
This is a book about strategy and war fighting. It contains 11 essays which examine topics such as military operations against a well-armed rogue stat...
Barry R. Schneider Jerrold M. Post Michael T. Kindt
Terrorist organizations and international criminal networks pose an increasing danger to the world. This book looks at diverse groupsfrom Al Qaeda toMexican drug cartels and includesa chapter on terrorist WMD threats. This look at sub-state rivals is recommended to all serious students of international security."
Terrorist organizations and international criminal networks pose an increasing danger to the world. This book looks at diverse groupsfrom Al Qaeda toM...
