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Understanding has evolved in the last decade about how an adversary might use nuclear, radiological, biological, or chemical weapons against the United States. Increasingly, America is concluding that potential adversaries view these not as “weapons of last resort” but rather as tactically and strategically useful. The United States can expect their use early in a conflict as well as throughout the extended battlefield, including on U.S. territory itself.

Document Type

Policy Brief

Region(s)

Middle East

Topic(s)

Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Biological and Chemical Issues, Nuclear Deterrence and Escalation

Publication Date

12-2001

Publication

Strategic Forum

Publisher

National Defense University Press

City

Washington, DC

Keywords

NBC Weapons, weapons of mass destruction, nuclear biological chemical weapons, adversary use of WMD, proliferation, chemical and biological weapons, nuclear weapons threats, deterrence of WMD, counterproliferation strategy, WMD risk assessment, non-state actors WMD, asymmetric warfare, U.S. defense policy WMD, homeland security threats

Adversary Use of NBC Weapons: A Neglected Challenge

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