Toxic Warfare

The past several years have seen an increase in the use of toxic weapons -- i.e., inexpensive and easily acquired chemicals and industrial waste -- on the part of state as well as nonstate actors. Nonetheless, little analysis has been done on the nature and extent of this threat either to the milita...

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Main Author: Karasik, Theodore W. (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: RAND Corporation 2002
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