| | Technology Against Terrorism: The Federal Effort |
| | 2,72 | | MB |
| | 111 | | stron |
| | 3757 | | ID | U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment |
| | 1996 | | rok |
| | Contents |
| | Chapter 1. Summary |
| | INTRODUCTION |
| | PRINCIPAL FINDINGS . |
| | Finding 1 . |
| | Finding 2 . |
| | Finding 3 |
| | Finding 4 . |
| | Finding 5 . |
| | STATE OF EXPLOSIVES DETECTOR DEVELOPMENT . . |
| | Chapter 2. Introduction |
| | THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN COUNTERING TERRORISM . |
| | OUTLINE OF THIS STUDY . . |
| | Chapter 3. The Terrorist Threat .00. 000.0 l 0. l .l |
| | INTRODUCTION . |
| | A DEFINITIONAL FOCUS . . |
| | TERRORISM: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE . . |
| | Historical Origins . . |
| | Contemporary Terrorism . |
| | Two Decades of Terrorism: A Statistical Overview . |
| | Terrorism in the Future . . |
| | THE THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES . |
| | Domestic Terrorism . . |
| | International Terrorism . . |
| | OBSERVATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS . . |
| | Chapter 4. Research and Development . 0000 l 00. |
| | INTRODUCTION . |
| | Explosives Detection . . |
| | Chemical and Biological Agents . |
| | Physical Protection . . |
| | Incident Response . |
| | Data Dissemination . |
| | DETECTING EXPLOSIVES . |
| | Introduction . |
| | The Explosive Threat . . |
| | History . |
| | Methods of Explosives Detection . |
| | Accelerator Technology |
| | X-Ray Technologies . |
| | DEFENSE AGAINST CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE (CBW) AGENTS . . |
| | Chemical and Biological Agents—Point and Remote Detection . . |
| | PHYSICAL PROTECTION |
| | Detectors and Alarms . . |
| | Barriers . |
| | Building Hardening . . |
| | Aircraft Hardening . . |
| | Access Control |
| | Baltimore-Washington International (BWI) Airport Project . . |
| | INCIDENT RESPONSE . .. |
| | DATA DISSEMINATION . |
| | Chapter 5. Conclusions Regarding Current Research and Development Into Detection of |
| | Explosives .61 |
| | TESTING AND EVALUATION 62 |
| | MANAGING RESEARCH .63 |
| | Cooperation . 63 |
| | Time From Laboratory To Deployment.63 |
| | FAA RULEMAKING FOR EXPLOSIVES DETECTION SYSTEMS 64 |
| | Appendix A. Nuclear-based Explosives Detection Systems .0000 67 |
| | Appendix B. X-Ray-Based Detection Systems . 000 .0000 78 |
| | Appendix C. Vapor Detection Systems . l 00.81 |
| | Appendix D. Chemical and Biological Warfare Agent Detection l l 87 |
| | Appendix E. Recent Federal Counterterrorism Research Efforts: Agencies and Their Budgets . 91 |
| | Appendix F. Congressional Request and Support Letters |