New Hazards Any educational plain or public campaign designed should be considerate to the fact that our new hazards come with an increased uncertainty. Unlike a traditional threat our new hazard is implemented by a person with the ability to learn and take advantage of our mistakes. We should also be concerned with implanting an idea in the mind of a person that hopes to cause harm but just does not know how or what would achieve the greatest destruction. A challenge for any instructor will be avoiding our weakness while highlighting the strengths of the new hazards. Because the public is the focus of this education plain, I would focus the information provided in this program to information the public will need prior to, during and immediately after an attack related to the five new hazards, their targets and potential terrorists. CBRNE Most of the public are aware of incidents involving each of the five hazards. The only exception would be a nuclear attack. While we do not want to minimize the impacts that a nuclear weapon could cause if denoted within a major U.S City, our intent should be to reduce fear. We can accomplish this by first highlighting security improvements in the world’s nuclear arsenal which can be credited to programs such as the “Nunn-Lugar program”(Allison, 2007). The Nunn-Lugar program is a program aimed “dismantling, consolidating, increasing transparency and preventing proliferation” by providing military and monitory aid to foreign governments (Bresolin, 2013). As a result of these improvements and the difficulties associated with smuggling a nuclear bomb into the United States. The public should be made aware the most likely approach for causing a “catastrophic” nuclear event within the United... ... middle of paper ... ...likely we should always plain for the unexpected and be ready to respond. Just from an observation as much as the enemy would like to hit the United States hard tactically small attacks draws a smaller response from our citizens. Meaning that the public should be concern with any attacks not just the ones that collapse buildings. Works Cited Allison, G. (2007). How likely is a Nuclear terrorist attack on the united states? Retrieved From: http://www.cfr.org/weapons-of-mass-destruction/likely-nuclear-terrorist-attack-united-states/p13097 Bresolin, J. (2013). The Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program. Retrieved From: http://armscontrolcenter.org/publications/factsheets/fact_sheet_the_cooperative_threat_reduction_program/ Bullock, J., Haddow, G., Coppola, D. (2013). Introduction to Homeland Security Principles of all-hazards risk management (4th ed)
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Protecting the United States from Nuclear Weapons of Mass Destruction through the National Missile Defense Program
Burke, Robert. Counter-Terrorism for Emergency Responders. 2nd ed. Florida: CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group, 2007. Print.
Imagine that one morning there is breaking news that the U. S. Capitol has just been attacked by a missile strike. The information is plastered on every station, and there's pictures showing Washington D. C. Leveled to the ground. All of this just because in the past few years the U. S. Government tried to develop a defense system to quickly, and for that reason they didn't have adequate tests to determine whether or not the system would work. Furthermore, they wouldn't have been attacked had it not been for them trying to develop this system. Every day, this threat is becoming more of a possibility to the United States. Since this could happen, the U. S. Government shouldn't deploy their defense system unless they conduct further, more realistic tests.
Provides a review of homeland security in 2008 from the members of the Naval postgraduate schools homeland security network. A survey was administered among the network in regards to what they considered the most important homeland security issue of the year and what issues they believe will be of most importance in the near future.
Although nuclear technology can be used for good, it can also be used for destruction. One example of this was the bombing of 2 Japanese cities using the a...
The Department of Homeland Security has a prominent role in maintaining the safety, security and resilience of our nation. In a world where terrorism is an ever-increasing threat and where man-made and natural disasters have left people and areas in devastation, the Department of Homeland Security works diligently to prevent and protect the United States from the effects of such tragedy. In order to effectively protect our nation Department of Homeland Security must assess the risk associated with any terrorist, natural or man-made threat. The risk assessment method that the department uses takes into account certain variables that help the department determine the level of risk. Based on the assessed risk level Homeland Security uses risk management for strategic planning, operations, determining the allocation of resources and grant awards in an attempt to prepare for and mitigate any harm to our nation, critical infrastructure and its people in the event of a tragedy.
The Department of Homeland Security’s “2014 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review” reviews six strategic challenges that are believed to be at high risk within the United States. Quadrennial Homeland Security Review is required to be updated every four years as it discusses present and futures risks, threats and consequences. The six strategic challenges that were analyzed from 2014 to 2018 are terrorist threats, cyber threats, biological concerns, nuclear terrorism, transnational criminal organizations and natural hazards. Local communities, to include counties and cities, have their own specific process tailored to the threats, hazards and risk they may encounter. These local areas also prioritize the specific threats to determine the resources
The recent horrific attacks on France highlighted one of the number one threats to Homeland Security, which is the evolving terrorist. The Evolving terrorist threat is of major concern since 9/11 because “its demonstrated and continued interest in advancing plots to attack the United States” (). A major concern in this area for the United States is the propaganda that is used to motivate individuals who have not participated in terrorist activities or traveled to conflict zones, teaching and training them to plot and carry out attacks on civilian populations. Another huge concern to Homeland security is the threat to our cyber-physical infrastructure. “A vast array of interdependent information technology network, systems, services, and resources enable communication, facilitate travel, power our homes, run our economy and provide essential government services” (). The everyday citizen is so reliant on technology and everything in our country is so interconnected that if the cyber-physical infrastructure would to be compromised it would create a devastating chain reaction across the country. The third concern for Homeland Security is the threat of a pandemic. Even though it is noted as being a very low probability, the impact of it happening even once would be very high impact. “Increasing global
Prior to World War II, the United States of America had very little interest in the development of a nuclear weapon. German forces seized c...
Terrorism will happen again regardless of how prepared the U.S. thinks it may be. This means that it is the country’s job to ensure that there is a continuation of measures that should be taken to fight against terrorism. Others believe that the U.S. is fully prepared for another terrorist attack and that enough has been done. The question at hand is, should the U.S. still be concerned about terrorism. The United States needs to be concerned about terrorism to prevent tragedies like 9/11 from happening again, to address problems with domestic terrorism, and to improve homeland security.
Government reactions to disasters, including the explosion of nuclear weapons on U.S. soil. The Department of Homeland Security oversees the advance of technologies intended to distinguish the presence of nuclear materials at the nation’s
Department of State, the perception of people on biosecurity threat has evolved as they “see the world in terms of a multipolar, multi-threat environment”. It further stated that “biorisk and matrices to measure the weighted value of each risk have become the norm, and biosecurity and biosafety have come to encompass the use of proper safety measures and facility specifications, as well as the proper training of employees to ensure not only their own safety but that of the public at large.”
Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency. (2011). Community emergency response team basic training participant manual Retrieved from http://www.citizencorps.gov/cert/downloads/training/participantmanual/PM-Combined.pdf
... are able to better predict what we need to do to keep our beautiful country safe. With our new counteractive technologies, trained personnel, specialized units for response and launch pads to destroy bombs before they hit our land I feel safe, but there is always the unknown and the possibilities of what could be invented next. So we have to pay attention and be one step ahead of terrorists, criminals and enemy countries.