Twenty-First Century Weapons Proliferation: Are We Ready?James M. Ludes, Henry Sokolski Routledge, 2014 M01 14 - 208 pages Leading US security practitioners fromt he Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush and Clinton administrations, plus other experts on proliferation, clarify the weapons proliferation threats that the US and its allies will face, and suggest what new policies their governments should consider. |
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... weapons on forward military bases by simply not putting them in war games ... weapons that can be used to lure emerging powers away from the ugly arsenals that ... biological warfare technology. In this century, they are much more cheaply ...
... weapons on forward military bases by simply not putting them in war games ... weapons that can be used to lure emerging powers away from the ugly arsenals that ... biological warfare technology. In this century, they are much more cheaply ...
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... weapons of mass destruction will have such accidents. As David C. Rapoport points out, Aum Shinrikyo - the Japanese cult that had the equivalent of $1 billion and a cadre of PhDs to develop chemical and biological weapons - blundered ...
... weapons of mass destruction will have such accidents. As David C. Rapoport points out, Aum Shinrikyo - the Japanese cult that had the equivalent of $1 billion and a cadre of PhDs to develop chemical and biological weapons - blundered ...
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... biological weapons, there was no detection gear at all. Fortunately, the wind was blowing at our backs until the war ended. As we later learned, Iraq's generals had chemical-tipped shells deployed, ready to fire. But they did not ...
... biological weapons, there was no detection gear at all. Fortunately, the wind was blowing at our backs until the war ended. As we later learned, Iraq's generals had chemical-tipped shells deployed, ready to fire. But they did not ...
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... biological weapons poses problems that are more formidable. Release of a contagious disease, like anthrax, presents rescue crews with an inverted pyramid. It can take hours or days before the release becomes deadly, forcing ...
... biological weapons poses problems that are more formidable. Release of a contagious disease, like anthrax, presents rescue crews with an inverted pyramid. It can take hours or days before the release becomes deadly, forcing ...
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... biological weapons capabilities, public concern about strategic weapons proliferation has only grown. Smaller nations' interest in acquiring nuclear weapons, which had waned in the late 1980s and early 1990s, is again on the rise. Also ...
... biological weapons capabilities, public concern about strategic weapons proliferation has only grown. Smaller nations' interest in acquiring nuclear weapons, which had waned in the late 1980s and early 1990s, is again on the rise. Also ...
Contents
HOW APPROPRIATE IS OUR RESPONSE? | |
PART III IS THERE CAUSE FOR OPTIMISM? | |
Notes on Contributors | |
Index | |
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Twenty-first Century Weapons Proliferation: Are We Ready? Henry D. Sokolski,James M. Ludes Limited preview - 2001 |
Twenty-first Century Weapons Proliferation: Are We Ready? Henry D. Sokolski,James M. Ludes Limited preview - 2001 |
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