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The First Use of the Term WMD
• The first use of the term “Weapons of Mass Destruction" on record is from The Times (London) in 1937 in reference to the aerial bombardment of Guernica, Spain with this new incenderary bomb.
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WMD Threat• Chemical
agents
• Biological agents
• Radiological materials
• Nuclear
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Chemical Agents
• Characteristics
– Incapacitating versus lethal agents
– Persistent versus non-persistent
• Categories
– Blister agents
– Choking agents
– Blood agents
– Nerve agents
– Toxic Industrial Chemicals
Newport Chemical DepotNewport, Indiana
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Blister Agents• Recognition
– Symptoms for some are not right away. Red Skin.
– Common names –Sulfur Mustard, Lewisite, HD.
– Vesicants mix with our DNA and cause cellular change.
– They are liquid, so you can disperse them several ways.
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Choking Agents
• Recognition
– They are Dispersed by air.
– Common names
• Chlorine
• Phosgene
• Tear gas
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Blood Agents• Recognition
– Characteristics –Smells like burnt almonds. Red, Blue skin from low O2. Rapid breathing.
– Common names -Hydrogen Cyanide and Carbon Monoxide, CK (for cyanogen chloride).
– Dispersal – The most th d i t
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Nerve Agents• Recognition
– SLUDGEM
– Common names
• Sarin, Soman, Tabun, VX
• Dispersal is done in liquid form,
• like with blister agent. ACh
AChE
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Nerve Agents
ACh
AChE
• Recognition
– SLUDGEM
– Common names
• Sarin, Soman, Tabun, VX
• Dispersal is done in liquid form,
• like with blister agent.
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Incapacitating Versus Lethal Agents
• Recognition
– Less than lethal –police use of force.
– Common names –Mace
pepper spray, OC
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Toxic Industrial Chemicals (TIC)
• Recognition
– Many kinds
– Easy to obtain. What is in your jurisdiction?
• ERG – Protection, Decontamination
First aid
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Chemical Agents
• Disadvantages
– Swift and forceful retaliation
– Damage to the terrorists’ public image
• Advantages
– Uniqueness
– Hard to detect
– Response cost and technical difficulty
– Psychological aspects
– Casualties
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Persistent Versus Non-persistent
• Recognition
– Oil vs. Gasoline
– VX vs. Sarin
– Lewisite vs. Mustard
– Pepper vs. tear gas
Deacon: Chemical specific (soap & water).
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Biological Agents• Recognition
• Categories– Bacteria
– Rickettsia
– Viruses
– Toxins
• Routes of entry– Enter body through
respiration, ingestion, dermal penetration, absorption (rare)
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Biological Agents• Detection
– Incubation period
– On-site detection currently not reliable
– Victims likely asymptomatic initially
– First real indicators come later, which may include 9-11 calls and the influx of patients with similar symptoms into medical care facilities
Note the blood auger
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Biological Agents • Additional characteristics
– Deadly
– Obtained from nature
– Relatively easy to produce
– Invisible to the senses
– Delayed effects
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Biological Agents
• Anthrax
• Plague
• Smallpox
• Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis (VEE)
Georgi Markov
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BACTERIA:ANTHRAX
Among the most likely Bio Warfare agents• Cheap and Easy • Aerosolized• Odorless, colorless, tasteless• Inhalational anthrax is highly lethal• Delayed onset
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Normal BrainBrain of a person who died from inhalational anthrax
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Smallpox• Synchronous Pustules all over body• Develop on hands and feet• Highly contagious
• Quarantine for 17 days• Infectious before skin lesions appear & until scabs heal• Scab material remains infectious
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Biological Agents
• Advantages– Far-reaching effects– Difficult to detect– Long incubation– Naturally-occurring– Easily transported– Diverse delivery means
• Disadvantages– Temperature– Precipitation– Wind speed– Urban areas and
terrain
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• Larry Wayne Harris
Yersinia Pestis
Deacon: Bleach & Water – up to 30 min kill time.
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Radiological Materials• Radiological exposure symptoms and medical aspects
• Nuclear weapons
• Fissile material threat—Radioactive Dispersal Device (RDD)
Alpha Beta Gamma Neutron
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Radiological Materials• Advantages
– Easily weaponized
– Deprives others of using property
– Safely handled
– Significant impact
• Disadvantages
– Potency
– More explosive charges
– Inadvertent contamination
Dirty Bomb
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Nuclear Weapons• Expensive & Difficult to Manufacture • Components Are Difficult to Acquire• Many Key Components Are Watched• Programs Not Easily Hidden• Low Yield Can Be Achieved With a
“Portable” Nuclear Device (40-120 lbs)• Larger Yield Requires Large (I.e.
heavy) Bomb • Can Achieve Large Area Coverage• High Casualties• Triggers an Immediate Response
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Suitcase Nuke
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Radiation can be used as a
Polonium 210Alexander Litvinenko
RDDRDD’’s can spread radioactive s can spread radioactive dust, causing a inhalation hazard.dust, causing a inhalation hazard.
poison.
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Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS)
• Must Have:
• High Dose
• Penetrating
• Entire Body
• Short Time
From exposure not necessarily inhalation or injectionDeacon – Wash it off!
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With all WMD’s HARM is the same
• TRACEM– Thermal
– Radiation
– Asphyxiation
– Chemical
– Etiological
– Mechanical
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Reducing Harm
• R A I N– Recognize
– Avoid
– Isolate
– Notify
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• We Have Covered• 1. The basic categories of
WMD’s • 2. Signs and Symptoms• 3. Dispersal• 4. Deacon for WMD’s
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Swinging Meters