Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 47 pages)
ISBN:
9780833035226
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0833035940
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0833035223
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9780833035943
Inhalt:
Over the past decade, the United States has endeavored to increase its ability to detect, prevent, and respond to terrorist threats and incidents. The agriculture sector and the food industry in general, however, have received comparatively little attention with respect to protection against terrorist incidents. This study aims to expand the current debate on domestic homeland security by assessing the vulnerabilities of the agricultural sector and the food chain to a deliberate act of biological terrorism. The author presents the current state of research on threats to agricultural livestock and produce, outlines the sector's importance to the U.S. economy, examines the capabilities that are needed to exploit the vulnerabilities in the food industry, and explores the likely outcomes of a successful attack. The author addresses the question of why terrorists have yet to employ agricultural assaults as a method of operation and offers proposed recommendations for the U.S. policymaking community
Inhalt:
Over the past decade, the United States has endeavored to increase its ability to detect, prevent, and respond to terrorist threats and incidents. The agriculture sector and the food industry in general, however, have received comparatively little attention with respect to protection against terrorist incidents. This study aims to expand the current debate on domestic homeland security by assessing the vulnerabilities of the agricultural sector and the food chain to a deliberate act of biological terrorism. The author presents the current state of research on threats to agricultural livestock and produce, outlines the sector's importance to the U.S. economy, examines the capabilities that are needed to exploit the vulnerabilities in the food industry, and explores the likely outcomes of a successful attack. The author addresses the question of why terrorists have yet to employ agricultural assaults as a method of operation and offers proposed recommendations for the U.S. policymaking community
Anmerkung:
"MG-135-OSD"--Page 4 of cover
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"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 43-47)
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0833035223
Weitere Ausg.:
Druck-Ausgabe
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version Chalk, Peter Hitting America's soft underbelly Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corp, 2004
Sprache:
Englisch
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