www.washingtontimes.com/national/20010925-69206116.htm
Russian suitcase bombs were first disclosed in 1997 and later produced by U.S. forces. They weigh about 80 pounds, fit into a duffel bag and have a 1,000-ton explosive charge capable of leveling everything within a half-mile radius of the Capitol. Terrorists also could use cheap "dirty nukes," small bombs composed of inexpensive, low grade and accessible uranium wrapped around a charge of dynamite or home-made explosive. Exploded dirty nukes release invisible, lethal radiation.
Bronius Cikotas, a biological warfare specialist with the Defense Association, says "our major cities and communities with high population concentrations do not have sensors that can be used to detect the release of chemical or biological weapons.The methods for producing various biological agents are explained in easily obtained literature to which terrorist groups have access.
• A single laboratory could produce enough of a given germ or virus for "most terrorist purposes," as one study puts it, and a facility for large-scale production of biological weapons could be built for less than $10 million.
About 10 grams (0.35 of an ounce) of anthrax spores — to cite just one example — can kill as many persons as can a ton of the nerve gas Sarin, and just 0.6 milligrams (or about 1/2000 of a gram) of Sarin can kill one adult. A Department of Defense document explains the germ this way:"Anthrax is the preferred biological warfare agent." The reason: "It is highly lethal." One gram [0.035 of an ounce] of anthrax contains 100 million "lethal doses" and the disease is "100,000 times deadlier than the deadliest chemical warfare agent."
Anthrax is a "silent, invisible killer." When inhaled, it is "almost always fatal." It is cheap, easy to produce, and easy to make into a weapon. Besides, anthrax spores are "extremely stable" and can be preserved almost indefinitely as dry powder. In a freeze-dried condition the disease can be loaded into munitions or spread "as an aerosol with crude sprayers."
wegen der 2 Fälle von Anthrax in USA ,die wohl nichts mit Terrorismus zu tun haben,aber die Angst erhöhten,sind heute CEPHEID CPHD um 53%gestiegen,um zum Thema Börse zurückzukehren.....
