ABSTRACT
One of the historical facts about the evolution of advanced weapons is that the weapon timeline begins as an advantage to the possessor (e.g., the state). This advantage remains as long as the weapon technology remains a state secret. Eventually, other states develop similar or superior weapons to compete or gain advantage, and the weapon technology ultimately becomes available to individuals. Despite the best efforts of a state to slow down this natural evolution, the technology eventually disseminates into the public domain. As discussed in prior chapters, the speed of knowledge flow has been accelerated by the Internet’s compression of the dissemination process,
thus hastening the evolution of this era’s advanced weapons, the weapons of mass destruction (WMDs).
