ABSTRACT
Terrorism is the threat or implementation of violent means to undermine, destabilize, inßict harm, or cause panic in a society. The threat of terrorism in the world, at any time and within any nation, is real. In the least, the induction of fear is a destabilizing force in a nation or state. The U.S. has only recently experienced serious terrorist threats with the events of September 11, 2001. Since then, the public’s awareness of a variety of potential means that could be used as terrorist threats has prompted unprecedented political, military, biomedical, industrial, and community responses. Terrorist methods comprise the use of radiological, chemical, and biological agents capable of widespread, mass casualties and destruction. The ease of availability, the low cost of production, and the facility for wide dissemination of these means of destruction, makes them very attractive weapons.
