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1 WMD or CBRNE Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear
High Energy Explosives

2 Steps to Use of WMD Belief in mass casualties Acquisition of materials
Weaponization Delivery Getting Caught? Does it serve political purposes? Having them vs. Using them?

3 Biological Weapons Viruses Bacteria Fungi Rickettsia toxins

4 Aum Shinrikyo

5 Anthrax Attacks 2001: “Amerithrax” Investigation

6 What Nations Have Biological Weapons?
Canada China Cuba France Germany Iran Iraq Israel  Japan Libya North Korea Russia South Africa Syria, Taiwan United Kingdom United States.

7 Atomic and Nuclear Weapons
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8 Who Has Nuclear Weapons?
US (1945) Working on it Russia (1949) Iran? UK (1952) France (1960) China (1964) Israel (Shhhhh…date unclear) India (1998) Pakistan (1998) North Korea (2006)

9 Would a State Give a Terrorist Group WMD?
Yes Mutual interests Covert attack Ideology Undeterrable states No For deterrence, not use For power Unreliability of groups traceability

10 Dirty Bombs (Radiological weapons)
Nuclear Power Plants

11 WMD Use A Political decision? Does a group want mass casualties?
Will it actually use a weapon? Will it bargain? Blackmail?


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