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YES: Domestic Preparedness
Partnership Established 1996
The Nuclear Biologic and
Chemical Difference
DELTA
NUCLEAR BIOLOGICAL
WEAPON AGENT
IMPROVISED
NUCLEAR
DEVICE
CHEMICAL AGENT
OR TOXIC
POTENTIAL INDUSTRIAL
IMPACT RADIOACTIVE
CHEMICAL
MATERIAL
PROBABILITY/LIKELIHOOD
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NBC Terrorist Incidents Since 1970
March 1995 Sarin
12 Dead, 5500 Affected
70 75 80 85 90 95 00
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Groups That Threaten
Lone individual
Identified local or non-
aligned terrorist groups
Internationally sponsored
Doomsday cults
Insurgents
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Why NBC Terrorism?
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Proliferation of Anthrax Hoaxes
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Limitations of NBC Agents
Home production
Laboratory / commercial production
Industrial facilities
Foreign military sources
Medical / university research facilities
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Potential Terrorist Targets
Enclosed spaces
Large crowds (high profile events)
Critical facilities and infrastructure
Accessible facilities with significant
hazard / damage potential (materials in
transit)
Facilities of interest to terrorists cause
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The Fallacies
It cant happen to us
NBC agents are so deadly the
victims will all die anyway
There is nothing we can do
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Practical Exercise
WHAT ARE THE
POTENTIAL TARGETS
IN OUR AREA?
WHY?
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Targets in OUR Area ?
State Capital
Nuclear Plant
Airport
Alltel Arena Downtown
Chemical Arsenal
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We are vulnerable ...
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