TY - JOUR
T1 - Credible threat
T2 - Assessing the likelihood of a chemical or biologic attack
AU - Moores, Lisa K.
AU - Moores, Leon E.
PY - 2004/3
Y1 - 2004/3
N2 - Threat assessment for weapons of mass destruction is a complex task, requiring many assumptions. As a general rule, weapons of mass destruction are expensive, complex, and difficult-to-use weapons. It is not likely that any current terrorist group has the capability to strike the United States with a weapon capable of producing millions of casualties. Smaller-scale attacks with weapons of mass destruction, however, may result in significant disruption from social and psychologic changes, even though actual casualty rates would probably be quite low. It is, however, highly unlikely that any terrorist attack on the United States could completely undermine national security or threaten the survival of the United States as a nation.
AB - Threat assessment for weapons of mass destruction is a complex task, requiring many assumptions. As a general rule, weapons of mass destruction are expensive, complex, and difficult-to-use weapons. It is not likely that any current terrorist group has the capability to strike the United States with a weapon capable of producing millions of casualties. Smaller-scale attacks with weapons of mass destruction, however, may result in significant disruption from social and psychologic changes, even though actual casualty rates would probably be quite low. It is, however, highly unlikely that any terrorist attack on the United States could completely undermine national security or threaten the survival of the United States as a nation.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=1342283212&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S1078-5337(03)00045-5
DO - 10.1016/S1078-5337(03)00045-5
M3 - Review article
C2 - 15062223
AN - SCOPUS:1342283212
SN - 1078-5337
VL - 10
SP - 1
EP - 8
JO - Respiratory Care Clinics of North America
JF - Respiratory Care Clinics of North America
IS - 1
ER -