LEADER 03623nam 22006374a 450 001 9910220135403321 005 20230617012956.0 010 $a1-283-59732-2 010 $a9786613909770 010 $a0-8330-3594-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000003718 035 $a(EBL)197463 035 $a(OCoLC)56727371 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000172449 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11152201 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000172449 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10151842 035 $a(PQKB)11161737 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL197463 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10056182 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC197463 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000003718 100 $a20031210d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHitting America's soft underbelly$b[electronic resource] $ethe potential threat of deliberate biological attacks against the U.S. agricultural and food industry /$fPeter Chalk 210 $aSanta Monica, CA $cRand Corporation$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (67 p.) 300 $a"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense." 300 $a"MG-135-OSD"--P. [4] of cover. 311 $a0-8330-3522-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCover; Preface; Contents; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; CHAPTER ONE Introduction; Research Methods; The Importance of the Agricultural Sector to the U.S. Economy; Organization of This Report; CHAPTER TWO Vulnerability of U.S. Agriculture to Bio-Attacks; Concentrated and Intensive Contemporary Farming Practices; Increased Susceptibility of Livestock to Disease; Insufficient Farm/Food-Related Security and Surveillance; Inefficient Passive Disease-Reporting System; A Focus on Aggregate Rather Than Individual Livestock Statistics 327 $aCapability Requirements for Carrying Out an Agroterrorist Attack CHAPTER THREE Potential Impact of a Major Act of Agroterrorism; Economic Disruption; Loss of Political Support and Confidence in the Government; Social Instability; Agroterrorism to Generate Financial Capital and as a Form of Blackmail; Biological Assaults Against Agriculture and Terrorists' Modus Operandi; CHAPTER FOUR Policy Recommendations; Bibliography 330 $aOver the past decade, the United States has endeavored to increase its ability to detect, prevent, and respond to terrorist threats and incidents. The agriculture sector and the food industry in general, however, have received comparatively little attention with respect to protection against terrorist incidents. This study aims to expand the current debate on domestic homeland security by assessing the vulnerabilities of the agricultural sector and the food chain to a deliberate act of biological terrorism and exploring the likely outcomes of a successful attack. 606 $aAgriculture$xDefense measures$zUnited States 606 $aCivil defense$zUnited States 606 $aFood industry and trade$xDefense measures$zUnited States 606 $aBioterrorism$zUnited States$xPrevention 615 0$aAgriculture$xDefense measures 615 0$aCivil defense 615 0$aFood industry and trade$xDefense measures 615 0$aBioterrorism$xPrevention. 676 $a363.32 700 $aChalk$b Peter$0674558 712 02$aUnited States.$bDepartment of Defense.$bOffice of the Secretary of Defense. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910220135403321 996 $aHitting America's soft underbelly$92025956 997 $aUNINA