Terrorist

    The thought of terrorist using chemical and biological weapons is making its way into people's minds all around the world.  Small packages were left on five subway trains in Tokyo with the nerve gas sarin seeping through the packages.  "The attack in Japan," says Israeli terrorist expert Yonah Alexander, "has global implications.  It's a quantum leap to terrorism by mass destruction," (Godber 2).  There is an enormous amount of weapons to chose from with each having different attributes.  This is what makes these weapons suitable for terrorist use.  From a terrorist standpoint, there are so many advantages for using chemical and biological weapons instead of conventional ones.  Chemical and biological weapons have a low cost, low detection rate, and a high casualty percentage.  These agents are easy to carry and hide because they can be kept in small packages.  Chemical and biological weapons are forty times more weight efficient than bombs and weapons of that nature.  With all these characteristics of chemical and biological weapons, we have to know everything about them to be able to take action when they strike.
 
 

References: Godber