Understanding The Threat Of WMD On Us' Interests

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U.S.' Preparations and Ability to Counter WMDs The United States of America, as the world's superpower faces a myriad of challenges in the world relating to security. Notably, most people who have been taking the greatest payment for adversity from terrorism are the citizens of the United States. Some of the major challenges are from the fact that the United States has always been involved in fighting the armed insurgency in the world. Through this, they have ended up building enmity with all the sympathizers of these enemies. The enmity has gone more severe after the war took a religious angle. Muslims and Christians have found themselves at loggerheads courtesy of terrorist insurgencies (Martin & Gibbons, 2011).

The more dangerous part on this is the existence of dangerous weapons that are likely to bring much harm to humanity. Mostly, some of the insurgents have moved to the most deadly weapons of mass destruction so as to counter the huge efforts staged by joint militaries against them (Alexander, 2011). They have resorted to the weapons of mass destruction to compensate for the fact that they do not have sufficient human capacity to the war compared to the legitimate soldiers.

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Initially, nuclear energy technology was invented to help people generate useful electrical energy so that nations could utilize the in running various industrial processes. The terrorists and other rogue nations who wanted to build an arsenal in readiness for war later took this. People who care less about the world peace made this move. They intended to maintain their position of control in the world. Such nations included North Korea and Iran. To date, the United States is grappling with the issue of safeguarding the world by leading debates against the use of this harmful technology (Martin & Gibbons, 2011).
The terror problems facing the United States do not only originate from Asia but also within its borders. Some natural citizens of the United States have also taken part in the terror attacks against their country making it hard for government agencies to profile them. The first problem that the United States government is facing is dealing with the internal security problems caused by some of its citizens. In fact, a growing trend of commercial terrorism has risen in the current world in the form of the arms trade. Some governments around the world have…

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Alexander, Y. (2011). Terrorism and Medical Responses: U.S. Lessons and Policy Implications. Ardsley, NY: Transnational.

Martin, L., & Gibbons, T. (2011). Nuclear Warfare. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications


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