Bioterrorism
On Wednesday, the WMD Center released its latest report that found the United States is unprepared for a large-scale biological attack, despite spending more than $65 billion on biodefense over the past decade; the report warned that the threat of biological weapons is now greater than ever as a result of technological advances; a small team of individuals with training in key disciplines can produce “the type of bioweapons created by nation-states in the 1960s”
On Wednesday, the WMD Center releasedits latest report that found the United States is unprepared for a large-scale biological attack, despite spending more than $65 billion on biodefense over the past decade.
The report warned that the threat of biological weapons is now greater than ever as a result of technological advances. Now, a small team of individuals with training in key disciplines using equipment readily available over the Internet can produce the type of bioweapons created by nation-st