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Hand Grenades as Weapons of Mass Destruction

2008-10-01 06:37:22 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
I get that this is terrorism: A 24-year-old convert to Islam has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for plotting to set off hand grenades in a crowded shopping mall during the Christmas season But I thought "weapons of mass destruction" was reserved for nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. He was arrested in 2006 on charges of scheming...
 
Tags: mass destruction, weapons, biological weapons, hand grenades, mall, northern illinois city, cherryvale mall, terrorism, christmas season
 
 
 
 
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How to Do Business With a Blacklisted Russian Weapons Company

2008-07-28 17:16:00 by Sharon Weinberger in Wired Security
 
The U.S. Army indirectly handed out $325 million to the blacklisted Russian weapons agency to buy nearly two dozen Russian Mi-17 helicopters for the Iraq war. Did officials knowingly violate government sanctions
 
Tags: russian weapons agency, russian mi-17 helicopters, officials knowingly, government sanctions, iraq war, army indirectly, million
 
 
 
 
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Air Force Looks to Laser-Proof Its Weapons

2008-07-30 17:30:00 by Noah Schachtman in Wired Security
 
Real-life laser weapons aren't here, yet. But they're getting closer. Which is why the Air Force is starting to look for ways to laser-proof its bombs and missiles -- with spray-on coatings, no less
 
Tags: air force, real-life laser weapons, spray-on coatings, laser-proof, missiles, closer, bombs
 
 
 
 
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U.S. Arms Dealer Tests Legal Bounds in Middle East Arms Bazaar

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2008-07-03 22:00:00 by Sharon Weinberger in Wired Security
Former congressman Curt Weldon is helping broker deals between Russian and Ukranian weapons suppliers and the Iraqi and Libyan governments as part of his new job with a private American defense consulting firm, Wired.com has learned Weldon, who is currently being investigated by the FBI over alleged corruption during his time in office, visited...
 
Tags: arms brokers, brokers, infamous arms brokers, defense, firm defense solutions, arms, arms trade, international arms trade, russian weapons suppliers
 
 
 
 
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The Risk of Anthrax

2008-08-13 14:29:10 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
Some reality to counter the hype. The Bottom Line While there has been much consternation and alarm-raising over the potential for widespread proliferation of biological weapons and the possible use of such weapons on a massive scale, there are significant constraints on such designs. The current dearth of substantial biological weapons programs...
 
Tags: weapons, biological weapons programs, programs, nuclear weapons programs, biological weapons, biological warfare programs, surely maintain stockpiles, noble ideological, humanitarian reason
 
 
 
 
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Spending Money on the Wrong Security Threats

2008-02-19 07:18:32 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
This story is a year and a half old, but the lessons are still good: Kim Hyten, emergency management director in Putnam County, said he didn't realize homeland security grants can now be used to prepare for tornados. As a result, Putnam County is using its grant money to prepare for something else Weapons of mass destruction," Hyten said That's...
 
Tags: putnam county, county, mass destruction, weapons, terrorism protection plan, rural county, emergency management director, homeland security grant, fifty miles west
 
 
 
 
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Keeping America Safe from Terrorism by Monitoring Distillery Webcams

2008-10-31 11:15:49 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
Really : We had an email recently from an observer "curious as to why the webcam that was inside the shop/bar is no longer there, or at least, functional". The email was from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency in the United States When we replied that it was simply a short term technical problem, we asked why on earth they could be interested...
 
Tags: chemical weapons convention, chemical weapons, weapons, threat, future wmd threat, mass destruction -chemical, mass destruction, distillery, threat control
 
 
 
 
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In Next-Gen Bullets and Bombs, Even the Casing Explodes

2008-05-07 01:00:00 by David Hambling in Wired Security
 
The Pentagon has quietly been working on a new arsenal of advanced weaponry that replaces metal casings with "reactive materials," normally harmless matter that combines to release explosive amounts of energy on impact, tearing targets apart with violent fury In development for more than 30 years, the research is beginning to bear fruit, and may...
 
Tags: amounts, release explosive amounts, release, metal, hollow metal cone, explosive, energy, reliably release energy, metal liner
 
 
 
 
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Cops with guns...what will they think of next?

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2008-01-12 06:27:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
The recent article in the Arizona Republic regarding Campus Police Officers now being able to carry guns, is made to sound like some kind of "breaking news" flash In a way, I suppose it is, since campus officers in Maricopa County were unarmed prior to this. The State law which came into effect in October takes the decision out of the hands of...
 
Tags: campus authorities, campus, campus police, campus officers, campus police officers, officers, guns, security officers, police officers