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The Cold War phrase "weapons of mass destruction" continues to be
used despite significant changes in international political
cultures, military concepts of operation, and technology advances.
Today, the term "weapons of mass destruction" (WMD) is used to
address many things, from grams of ricin and barrels of industrial
chemicals to megaton nuclear weapons. As a direct result of the
decision to refer to all nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC)
weapons as well as biological, chemical and radiological (CBR)
hazards as "WMD," we have lost the ability to accurately develop,
assess, and discuss policy concerns relating to the contemporary
use of unconventional weapons on the battlefield and within the
homeland. This book uses a public policy framework to examine how
the U.S. government, and in particular the U.S. military, should
address the potential use of unconventional weapons in the 21st
century. It defines the problem, identifies the policy actors and
reviews policy options. It discusses past policy efforts before
offering a critical review of current strategies and how WMD issues
are integrated into the current military Joint Operating Concepts
(deterrence, cooperative security, major combat operations,
irregular warfare, stability, and homeland security), and proposes
new national framework for countering WMD. The aim is to answer
such questions as what does counterproliferation mean and whether
the U.S. government is adequately prepared to protect U.S. citizens
and its armed forces from adversaries developing unconventional
weapons.
The Cold War phrase "weapons of mass destruction" continues to be
used despite significant changes in international political
cultures, military concepts of operation, and technology advances.
Today, the term "weapons of mass destruction" (WMD) is used to
address many things, from grams of ricin and barrels of industrial
chemicals to megaton nuclear weapons. As a direct result of the
decision to refer to all nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC)
weapons as well as biological, chemical and radiological (CBR)
hazards as "WMD," we have lost the ability to accurately develop,
assess, and discuss policy concerns relating to the contemporary
use of unconventional weapons on the battlefield and within the
homeland. This book uses a public policy framework to examine how
the U.S. government, and in particular the U.S. military, should
address the potential use of unconventional weapons in the 21st
century. It defines the problem, identifies the policy actors and
reviews policy options. It discusses past policy efforts before
offering a critical review of current strategies and how WMD issues
are integrated into the current military Joint Operating Concepts
(deterrence, cooperative security, major combat operations,
irregular warfare, stability, and homeland security), and proposes
new national framework for countering WMD. The aim is to answer
such questions as what does counterproliferation mean and whether
the U.S. government is adequately prepared to protect U.S. citizens
and its armed forces from adversaries developing unconventional
weapons.
The Gulf War has been the only conflict in the last half-century
that featured the possible use of chemical-biological weapons
against U.S. forces. Vulnerability to such an attack spurred the
Department of Defense to action from the first hint of trouble in
August 1990 through the end of hostilities in March 1991. Nearly
disbanded in 1972, the U.S. Army Chemical Corps would be the prime
force in ensuring that U.S. forces could both survive and sustain
combat operations under chemical-biological warfare conditions.
Focussing on the work of senior Army officials, this account
assesses the degree of readiness achieved by the ground war's
initiation and the lessons learned since the conflict. For an
appropriately trained and equipped military force, chemical weapons
pose not the danger of mass destruction but the threat of mass
disruption, no more deadly than smart munitions or B-52 air
strikes. This book will reveal a coordinated response to train and
equip U.S. forces did take place prior to the feared Iraqi chemical
and biological attacks. Undocumented in any other book, it details
the plans that rushed sixty "Fox" reconnaissance vehicles to the
Gulf, the worldwide call for protective suits and masks, and the
successful placement of biological agent detectors prior to the air
offensive. In addition, the work addresses what really happened at
Khamisiyah. Were troops exposed to chemical weapons and what is
behind the mysterious Gulf War Syndrome?
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