Redefining the CBRN risk assessment
Date : 2009
Journal title : AARMS
Journal volume : 8
Journal issue number : 1
Pages : 159-172
Document type : Folyóiratcikk
Abstract :
Recent discussions on the nature of nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) warfare
inevitably lead to the popular statement that the potential terrorist use of chemical and
biological warfare agents, radiological “dirty bombs,” and nuclear (CBRN) devices
represents the greatest threat to NATO and other countries. There is little, if any,
discrimination made between the military application of NBC weapons by a nationstate such as North Korea or Pakistan and the terrorist application of CBRN hazards against noncombatant targets, despite the disparity in mass, sophistication, and impact of the two threats.