Technology and Terorrism

by Paul Wilkinson

Overview

This volume will be of interest to all students of terrorism, policymakers and security practitioners involved in combating terrorism from government officials, law enforcement, military and intelligence agencies to specialists in industrial security including the aviation and nuclear power sectors.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780714645520
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/29/1999
Pages:	164
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Editor's Introduction: Technology and Terrorism; Terrorist Targeting: Tactics, Trends, and Potentialities; Non-Traditional Explosive: Potential Detection Problems; The Nuclear Dimension; Application of Technology to Aviation Security; Explosive Detection for Commercial Aircraft Security; Designing an Effective International Aviation Security System; Aviation Security: A Legislator's Perspective; Sources of Terrorist Weaponry and Major Methods of Obtaining Weapons and Techniques; Trends in Terrorist Weaponry