Strategies for Coping with Enemy Weapons of Mass Destruction

A few states now constitute a most compelling and dangerous threat to US and allied security in the Middle East, North Africa, Persian Gulf, and Northeast Asia. One can describe these most threatening of enemy states with a common acronym: nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) -arming sponsors of...

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Published in:Policy File 1996
Main Author: Schneider, Barry R
Format: Report
Language:English
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Airpower Research Institute
Armed forces
Arms control & disarmament
Biological & chemical weapons
Foreign policy
Military strategy
National security
Science/Technology/Public policy
Terrorism
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Summary:A few states now constitute a most compelling and dangerous threat to US and allied security in the Middle East, North Africa, Persian Gulf, and Northeast Asia. One can describe these most threatening of enemy states with a common acronym: nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) -arming sponsors of terrorism and intervention (NASTI). Each is pursuing an NBC weapons capability as well as the means of delivering these weapons. Each seeks to conquer or overturn the governments of one or more neighboring states. Each is a state sponsor of international terrorist activities. Each is overtly hostile to the US and one or more of its key allies. Each follows a "nasty" policy of threats and acts of violence against regional and domestic opponents. Just who are these NASTIs who have emerged to provide us with a new set of threats to contend with? This article answers this question, identifies the threats and defines possible strategies against the U.S.