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DOI	10.2172/919162
报告编号	SAND2004-1854
来源ID	OSTI_ID: 919162
	Historical precedence and technical requirements of biological weapons use : a threat assessment.
	Estes, Daniel P.; Vogel, Kathleen Margaret; Gaudioso, Jennifer Marie; Hickok, Lauren T.; Jung, Danielle F.; Barnett, Natalie Beth; Frerichs, Rebecca L.; Salerno, Reynolds Mathewson
英文摘要	The threat from biological weapons is assessed through both a comparative historical analysis of the patterns of biological weapons use and an assessment of the technological hurdles to proliferation and use that must be overcome. The history of biological weapons is studied to learn how agents have been acquired and what types of states and substate actors have used agents. Substate actors have generally been more willing than states to use pathogens and toxins and they have focused on those agents that are more readily available. There has been an increasing trend of bioterrorism incidents over the past century, but states and substate actors have struggled with one or more of the necessary technological steps. These steps include acquisition of a suitable agent, production of an appropriate quantity and form, and effective deployment. The technological hurdles associated with the steps present a real barrier to producing a high consequence event. However, the ever increasing technological sophistication of society continually lowers the barriers, resulting in a low but increasing probability of a high consequence bioterrorism event.
出版年	2004
报告类型	Technical Report
语种	英语
国家	美国
来源学科分类	98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION ; PATHOGENS ; PROBABILITY ; PRODUCTION ; PROLIFERATION ; TOXINS ; WEAPONS Terrorism-History. ; Biological weapons.
URL	http://www.osti.gov/scitech/servlets/purl/919162
资源类型	科技报告
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/268735
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Estes, Daniel P.,Vogel, Kathleen Margaret,Gaudioso, Jennifer Marie,et al. Historical precedence and technical requirements of biological weapons use : a threat assessment.,2004.