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This study responds to a congressional mandate in the FY2021 National Defense Authorization Act, which calls for the National Academies to address the adequacy of strategies to prevent, counter, and respond to WMD terrorism, and identify technical, policy, and resource gaps. The assessments encompass state-sponsored and non-state actors from acquiring or misusing the technologies, materials, and critical expertise needed to carry out WMD attacks, including dual-use technologies, materials, and expertise. The nuclear and chemical threats studies will result in consensus reports and the biological threat assessment will produce workshop proceedings to advise Congress and relevant government agencies.
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Nuclear Terrorism: Assessment of U.S. Strategies to Prevent, Counter, and Respond to Weapons of Mass Destruction
Consensus Study Report
·2024
For nearly eight decades, the world has been navigating the dangers of the nuclear age. Despite Cold War tensions and the rise of global terrorism, nuclear weapons have not been used in conflict since Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Efforts such as strategic deterrence, arms control and non-prolifer...
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