ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the way states and others actually use force and violence in the form of military power and war. It explains how sea power differs from land power and describes the factors which shape the type of sea power a state may try to develop. The chapter also describes the strengths and weaknesses of chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction, and the factors which influence whether a state attempts to acquire weapons of mass destruction. It explains why terrorism attracts attention, but may not be a big national security threat, and how pirates and criminals might pose national security threats. Terrorists are said to be people who use terror in an indiscriminate way—setting off car bombs in a crowded market place to kill some people and to frighten many more. Terrorism is said to be a strategy by which terrorists use this kind of violence to advance their interests and their beliefs by weakening their opponents.
