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Weapon of Mass Destruction
(redirected from NBC weapons)

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Weapon of Mass Destruction
A man-made or -modified artifice designed to kill or maim large numbers of humans and/or cause major damage to man-made or natural structures, or to the planet itself


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1) There is little, if any, discrimination made between the military application of NBC weapons by a nation-state such as North Korea or Pakistan and the terrorist application of CBRN hazards against noncombatant targets, despite the disparity in mass, sophistication, and impact of the two threats.
military officers, for example, have declared that they would not condone nuclear retaliation under any circumstances, even if NBC weapons were used against the United States.
She argues that the potential for nonstate actors to acquire, develop, deploy, and use NBC weapons is growing.
 
 
 
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