Imagine a world where instead of having warfare where soldiers are constantly risking their lives, the government could send in drones that would infect the enemy with uncontrollable diseases that they are unable to cure. This strategy is Bioterrorism. Bioterrorism is the usage or intentional release of biological agents such as viruses, bacteria, and fungi. Bioterrorism will be effective in the next thirty years for three reasons. Bioterrorism previous uses around the world, the advancements in technology and the ability for it to be more effective than any weaponry now. In the next thirty years, the world will eliminate modern warfare tactics and weaponry and will use the cheaper and more effective strategy in Bioterrorism.
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Genetic modification is the changing of the DNA structure of an organism to affect what that organism does or looks like. According to Stefan Riedel, a microbiologist “Biological Weapons may be more potent than conventional and chemical weapons” (Riedel). This quote shows Bioterrorism effectiveness by showing how it could be more effective than conventional warfare. If countries apply the technology they have to Bioterrorism. Bioweapons could be used more commonly than what countries use today for battle such as guns and tanks. Also, with Bioweapons undetectability they could be very effective: “Because biological attacks cause more fatalities the long they remain undetected” (Paradowski). This quote is important because since these attacks would be with viruses. People would contract the disease and transfer it to others in their community which would infect people very fast. If these countries don’t have a ready fix to the virus it could continually affect until almost everyone is infected. Biological Weapons and Bioterrorism, with advancements in technology could become more useful than today's warfare tactics.
In the next thirty years, the world will eliminate today’s warfare tactics and switch to bioterrorism. The world will switch for three reasons. First, the previous uses of bioterrorism and how they have advanced from 600 BC to now. Second, with today’s technology and the technology yet to come helping bioterrorism advance. Third, the ability for bioterrorism to be more useful than today’s warfare tactics. All in all, with the advancements in technology with how much Bioterrorism has already advanced in the next thirty years Bioterrorism will be the most effective and deadly form of
In the articles, “The Deadliest Virus” by Michael Spector and “Out of the Wild” by David Quammen the viruses present can destroy the human race, but if the scientists can find a cure in time the virus can be stopped before they take over the world. These two articles have a lot of similar principles; however, the articles are different too. The authors use some of the same rhetorical patterns to develop their arguments, but they also use some unique to their own to take their arguments to the next level. The first article “The Deadliest Virus,” the virus H51N is discovered and explained.
With the recent creation of nuclear bombs, no one knew the magnitude of the damage that would be caused, but everybody for sure feared it. The Cold War went on for many years beyond the 1960’s, and the amount of fear felt by millions remained. Modern warfare, compared to warfare in the 1960’s, has changed drastically. The modern war fought was the war in Iraq after 9/11. The war in Iraq began March 19, 2003, and began with the bombing of Baghdad after other means had failed (“The War on Terrorism…” 1-4).
Summary: The purpose of this article is to identify and define types of threats as well as the cause for them to be considered threats. Three examples are used throughout the article, the Black Death Plague in Venice, Italy in 1347, Extra Terrestrial(E.T.) encounters/invasion and Artificial Intelligence(A.I.). The Plague in Venice is an example of how a known disease can wreak havoc on humanity and how quickly it can effect us. The threats of E.T. and A.I. are classified as being known threats but also unknown in the sense that there is no substantial evidence proving the existence of E.T. and no examples of A.I. being a threat to humanity. The threat of E.T. is more of a hypothetical concept and A.I. is more of a rationalized threat concept,
Whenever the public hears about the use of bioengineering and its involvement in modern technological advances, it is portrayed in a beneficial manner that encourages progress in society. However, the wide variety of usages that it allows leaves an unfathomable amount of possibilities for people to bring harm to others. Biotechnology is most prominently used in the creation of bioweaponry, which has been the medium of many terroristic attacks worldwide. This idea is followed closely in Quantico by Greg Bear, a story in which we follow the lives of FBI agents at Quantico, an FBI research center, as they try to stop a bioterrorist from committing heinous acts in Saudi Arabia. The book mostly tracks the story of Rebecca, a bioterrorism specialist
The particular weapon or better yet biological microorganism that I have chosen to outline this week is that of a particularly nasty strain of disease which has wiped out an unknown multitude of people throughout history. This infectious disease, known as the genus Orthopoxvirus, from the the family Poxviridae and subfamily of chordopoxvirinae, is potentially believed to have laid to waste whole civilizations of people. It also goes by the name “Red Plague”, or in more common parlance, “The Smallpox Virus.” Historically, this virus made its way to Europe sometime between the 5th and 7th centuries. According to Reidel (2005), “It was frequently epidemic during the Middle Ages.
The protection of United States territory, sovereignty, population, and critical infrastructure against external threats and aggression is a main mission for the military. Although military size has decreased over the past years it is apparent that the advances in the technology by way of the military development is necessary. Regardless of the decrease in size the military paired with it’s capabilities for homeland security, which by definition is different then homeland defense. The military plays a huge part in both homeland efforts. “Homeland security is defined as: a concerted national effort to prevent terrorist attacks within the United States, reduce the vulnerability of the United States to terrorism, and minimize the damage and assist in the recovery from terrorist attacks.
Technology and advancements in weapons and machinery for the military is constantly being improved by people and policy in the United States. For example, robot technology has allowed less soldiers to be put into danger, reducing the number of troops needed. According to P.W. Singer, an accredited 21st century warfare specialist and political science and international relations scholar, “Since the 2001 terrorist attacks on America, the amount spent on ground robots has roughly doubled each year, while the amount spent on aerial systems has grown by around 23 percent annually,”(Singer 1). Because of these advancements in technology, less soldiers are needed for war.
After a terrorist attack of any kind there are always consequences that must be faced. Sometimes the point of the terrorist attacks is because the organization wished to send a message or to influence policy in their favor. However, after the 9/11 attacks administrators realized that the United States was not prepared for a tragedy of this kind and had little to no measures to prevent one, this lead them to create new programs and policies. Terrorist organization’s goal often comes down to one of the following: regime change, territorial change, policy change, social control and status quo maintenance. The main purpose of a terror attack may well be to influence public policy.
Alexis Wolf Professor Julia Gousseva October 29th 2017 Critical Reading 112 Are designer babies the future? Just think about it, designing the traits of your future child to look specifically however you want. The article “The Life Editor” by Michael Page discusses the idea of scientifically modifying genes and the possibilities the methods of gene editing can hold. Page describes the new innovation called CRISPR gene editing.
In the realm of terror and counter-terror operations, the use of Counterintelligence shows the ability to
Bioterrorism is terrorism involving the intentional release of specs of biological agents. Education is key! Law enforcement should be educated and be familiar with the things they learn from before. Law enforcement should have an all-hazards control plan which means every aspect must be done as an event that threatens majority of the population. Also it 's nice to letting the public that there has been an outbreak of smallpox, but also communicating to the public that they have it under control and not to be worried.
J., & Howard, R. D. (2013). Weapons of mass destruction and terrorism. New York, NY: McGraw Hill. Describe the four main types of radiological and nuclear terrorism Terrorism takes on many forms, but the thing that holds true is the desire to cause unreasonable fear. The thought of a radiological or nuclear terrorist attack instills unspeakable fear in most individuals.
Personal vision about the future of cyberwarfare Cyberwarfare already exists in reality and has been spread out among countries or organizations over the past few decades. The rising technologies including artificial intelligence and computational neural networks used by future computers will not only be significant in a new era of power and communications, but will also broaden the channel for cybercrimes, attacks and warfare. Future cyberwarfare will continue to scale up attacks against governments, corporations and even civilians in the next decade where it will be on par with traditional military and will might surpass these tactics. Future cyberwarfare will not just be targeted against military agencies or other government agencies.
Bio-terrorism Biological warfare is a very complicated kind of attack which has been used over the years. It involves use of dangerous organic materials like diseases, viruses, and bacterium to cause harm to the public (Kirkup, 2013). For instance, it is claimed that in mid-1700s, British soldiers spread smallpox by distributing infected blankets during French/Indian wars. Terrorists have adopted this kind of attack as witnessed in 1984 when eleven salad bars were contaminated with bacteria, infecting 750 people salmonella in The Dalles, Oregon.
National Security in the 21st Century will encompass threats ranging from fraud, corruption, illegal migration, transnational crime and environmental degradation. One could consider seven broad subject areas of focus, economic security, food security, health and environment security, personal security and community security. The new threats to national security will come from emerging issues like terrorism, oil and gas depletion, environmental concerns, including climatic alterations, HIV/AIDS and over-population. National Security