There needs to be more of a comprehensive threat and risk assessments for chemical and biological attacks versus IED or other similar attack modes due to the nature of the threat. When faced with a chemical or biological attack, there needs to be a lot more detailed threat, and risk assessment completed versus an IED attack. A biological attack is the “intentional release of a pathogen (disease-causing agent) or biotoxin ( a poisonous substance produced by a living organism) against humans, plants, or animals” (National Academy of Sciences 2004, p. 1). While a chemical attack is poisonous vapors, aerosols, liquids and solids that have toxic effects on people, animals or plants. Both of these methods can use to cause illness, death, fear, societal disruption, and economic damage. Chemical or biological attacks can be released by bombs sprayed from aircraft, boats, vehicles and released by humans. While an IED attack is more specified on a target, that can affect a few people to several hundred people. After this attack has detonated, then there will no longer be any future harm. The injuries individuals sustain will be the only wounds they’ll have to recover from. Compared to a biological/chemical attack, after this is released, then the …show more content…
People can obtain ingredients needed to build an IED or a chemical/biological attack. The necessary materials for an IED attack are easier to get compared to a chemical/biological outbreak. A person would have to have access to the proper strains of biological or chemicals agents. This is a tough hurdle to overcome, because of several laws that are in effect. For example, precursor chemicals necessary for the production of some chemical agents are controlled by the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention that has been in force since April 1997 (GAO 2009. p.11) Any illegal acquisition of chemical precursors would raise suspicions and attention due to the provisions of the
The attacks on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 were the first attacks ever to take place on American soil, the repercussions were devastating for the Japanese Empire; sadly, Pearl Harbor would not be the last threat America faced on her own land. On September 9th, 2011 (9/11) a radical Islāmic terrorist group known as Al-Qaeda attacked America. While America dealt with both of these attacks with unyielding resolve, executing that resolve was what is starkly different between the two tragedies. Pearl Harbor did have some quintessential similarities to 9/11; both attacks unprovoked by America, both provoked public support against aggressors by way of presidential speeches, both lacked prior intelligence on the attacks themselves, both sparked
9/11 is a horrific moment in history, and is well recognized for it’s spawn of mass hysteria in America. Because of this, The Crucible and 9/11 are highly similar in that both situations caused people to become so fearful and paranoid to the point where they began to treat others unfairly, and become more vulnerable/gullible to people’s selfish schemes. In the Crucible, the people of Salem wished for there to be safety in their town and in their religion. However the fear of witchcraft interfered with that, causing a mass hysteria to flood throughout the town. They began to point fingers. It also caused them to be vulnerable. hence becoming more gullible. These same situations happened to America after 9/11 occurred.
Is it a bird? Is it a Plane? Or is it a Hitler?: Holocaust Vs. 9/11
Though chemical warfare was proven effective and easily produced, the world council decided that it was inhumane to use. In 1972, chemical warfare was ban at the Biological Weapons Convention. At this convention, many country’s leaders voted that it was not right to use these weapons as a way to kill people. The leaders felt that a biological weapon was too dangerous to release. (opbw.org)
September 11, 2001 is known as the worst terrorist attack in United States history. On a clear Tuesday morning, there were four planes that were hijacked and flown into multiple buildings by a terrorist group named al Qaeda. This group, led by Osama bin Laden, killed nearly 3,000 people. Out of those 3,000 people more than 400 police and 343 firefighters were killed along with 10,000 people who were treated for severe injuries. Many lives were taken, and to this day, people still suffer from the attack. September 11th is the most influential event of the early twenty-first century because it made an increase in patriotism, it caused a rise in security throughout the nation, and it had a tremendous effect of thousands of lives.
In today’s society the word “terrorism” has gone global. We see this term on television, in magazines and even from other people speaking of it. In their essay “Controlling Irrational Fears After 9/11”, published in 2002, Clark R. Chapman and Alan W. Harris argue that the reaction of the American officials, people and the media after the attacks of 9/11 was completely irrational due to the simple fact of fear. Chapman and Harris jump right into dismembering the irrational argument, often experienced with relationships and our personal analysis. They express how this argument came about from the terrorist being able to succeed in “achieving one major goal, which was spreading fear” among the American people (Chapman & Harris, para.1). The supporters of the irrational reaction argument state that because “Americans unwittingly cooperated with the terrorist in achieving the major goal”, the result was a widespread of disrupted lives of the Americans and if this reaction had been more rational then there would have been “less disruption in the lives of our citizens” (Chapman & Harris, para. 1).
The statement “Killing 150,000 people in less than a second actually allowed fewer lives to be lost.” might sound horrendous. However, that statement is the reason why the United States was able to win the Second World War. In contrast to this statement, some people might argue that it is inhumane to massacre that many people in less than a second. The dropping of the atomic bombs on August sixth and ninth of 1945 was the correct decision for American in order to effectively and efficiently end World War Two. America should have dropped the bomb because it saved American lives, there was a lack of incentives not to use the bomb, and dropping the bombs was the quickest way to end the war.
A vignette from The House on Mango Street, "Those Who Don't," by Sandra Cisneros, the poem "My Parents Kept Me from Children Who Were Rough," by Stephen Spender, and another poem "We Real Cool," by Gwendolyn Brooks share many similarities and differences. These three pieces of literature talk about racism and rough children. "Those Who Don't" is about racism and how people think about others without getting to know them. "My Parents Kept Me from Children Who Were Rough" explains how a good child wants to be like other children who are bad. "We Real Cool" talks about pool players who are bad. These pieces of literature compare and contrast between figurative language, point of view, and theme.
In Module one, I learned that terrorism is a result of physical harm or deadly acts of force with the intent of a political outcome by the use of terror for coercion. There are various types of terrorism such as international terrorism and domestic terrorism. International terrorism occurs outside of the United States with a purpose to influence the policy of a government by intimidation. International and Domestic terrorism both involve violent acts dangerous to human life that violate federal and state laws. Domestic terrorism occurs within the United States with the intention of coercion or intimidation by way of mass destruction, etc. Some forms of terrorism include Improvised explosive devices (IED), kidnappings, suicide bombings and
(B) any weapon that is designed or intended to cause death or serious bodily injury through the release, dissemination, or impact of toxic or poisonous chemicals, or their precursors;
One of ISIL’s popular methods to show their force and take over territory is using bombs. Furthermore, they have deployed package bombs, suicide vest, vehicular bombs, and placed bombs on airplanes. On several occasions they have been successful at killing hundreds of people.
The book and movie “The Landlady” by Roald Dahl is about a young man called Billy Weaver who is looking for a bed and breakfast to stay for the night. He comes across a low priced hotel with a peculiar landlady who knows how to make an eerie night for her customers. The book and movie have two key differences and one important similarity. The setting in both the book and movie are different, changing the mood. The resolution is different which gives the reader/viewer an opposing view. Billy’s choice in the beginning of the story and movie gives the same plot. If any of these ideas had been the same between the movie and book, or had been changed, there would be contrasting thoughts from the reader/viewer.
If a nation possesses anything nuclear, radio chemical or biological that is capable of killing and bringing significant harm to a large number of humans, there is no saying what level of power and trouble said nation could cause. Chemical warfare involves using the toxic properties of chemical substances as weapons. Something as serious as sending chemical substances to a foreign country with the implications of killing a large number of civilians requires immediate attention.
In today’s society, numerous people have heard the term biological warfare being used more often. However, not everyone is well aware of how dangerous it really is. Biological warfare is executed in wars to kill a lot of people using deadly weapons such as: chemicals, biological agents, and radioactive toxins. Some people commonly mistake biological weapons with other weapons of mass destruction like nuclear, and chemical weapons. Although, there are a few differences between biological warfare and other hazardous weapons, people still need to realize how dangerous biological weapons are and how they can impact an individual’s life.
Biological weapons are anything that can contain a living organism or viruses that are harmful to animals, plants or humans. These BW (biological weapons) are used as an act of war in extreme cases. Normally this type of warfare is used to get an advantage over your opponent. The scare of the possibility of someone who is capable of wiping out nearly your entire population in one fail swoop is enough most of the time to have a negotiation to resolve the issues you were having that caused things to get to BW. There are many dangers to BW, including but not exclusive to death, mass casualties, infection of our food and natural resources. This is a very scary topic seeing that we could fall victim to BW and not know until it is too late and we start showing signs.