Terrorism & Weapons of Mass Destruction

Defense Nuclear Weapons School Links  


Note: The following links were originally distributed in a handout for a class at the Defense Nuclear Weapons School. It was circulated within Virginia Tech around  2003. While placing them on this web site all links were tested.and broken links were corrected when possible. Over time new links will be added to update this page. We welcome suggestions and corrections.


Terrorism & Weapons of Mass Destruction: Chemical, Biological, Nuclear


General Links  



American Red Cross, Washington, DC chapter Disaster Services (inc. WMD)
http://www.tallytown.com/redcross/ds/ 

Bureau of Alchohol, Tabacco and Firearms
http://www.atf.treas.gov

Canadian Security Intelligence Service
http://www.csis-scrs.gc.ca

Centers for Disease Control
http://www.cdc.gov

Emerging Infectious Diseases, CDC, National Center for Infectious Diseases
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/index.htm

Central Intelligence Agency
http://www.odci.gov/

Department of Defense.
http://www.dod.mil/

Joint Chiefs of Staff
http://www.jcs.mil/

DoD Office of Executive Secretary
http://www.defenselink.mil/execsec/

Defense Threat Reduction Agency
http://www.dtra.mil/

Defense Nuclear Weapons School (original link broken. New link to info provided)
http://www.dtra.mil/Toolbox/Directorates/CS/Programs/Training/DNWS/index.cfm

U.S. Military Medical Web Links
http://www.usafp.org/op_med/weblinks/milmedlinks/milmedlinksframe2.html

U.S. Air Force
http://www.af.mil/

U.S. Air Force Fact Sheets (Equipment Descriptions)
http://beqiraj.com/usa/factsheets/airforce/index.asp

Air University Index to Military Periodicals
http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/aulimp/

Barksdale AFB (2nd Bobm Wing 0 B52H)
http://www.barksdale.af.mil/

F.E. Warren AFB (90th Space Wing 0 MMII & Peacekeeper)
http://www.warren.af.mil/

Malmstrom AFB (34th Space Wing - MMII)
http://www.malmstrom.af.mil/

Minot AFB 91st Space Wing - MMIII, 5th Bomb Wing - B52H)
http://www.minot.af.mil/

Whiteman AFB (509th Bomb Wing - B2)
http://www.whiteman.af.mil/

U.S. Navy
http://www.navy.mil/

Naval Submarine Base Bangor (Submarine Group 9 - Trident)
http://www.csg9.navy.mil/

Naval Submarine Base King's Bay (Submarine Group 10 - Trident II)
http://www.subasekb.navy.mil/

Navy Fact File (Equipment Descriptions)
http://beqiraj.com/usa/factsheets/navy/index.asp

U.S. Strategic Commant
http://www.stratcom.mil/

Defense Technical INformation Center (DTC)
http://www.dtic.mil/

Director of Military Support (Original link broken. New link to info provided)
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/doms.htm

Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI)
http://www.fbi.gov/

Federal Aviation Administration
http://www.faa.gov/

Homeland Security State Contact List
http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/interapp/editorial/editorial_0291.xml

Immigration and Naturalization Service (Citizenship and Immigration Services)
http://uscis.gov/graphics/index.htm

Library of Congress Country Studies
http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/

Medical Nuclear Biological Chemical (NBC) Defense Information Server
http://www.nbc-med.org/others/Default.html

National Domestic Preparedness Office
http://www.chaosacrossamerica.com/OHS/Departments/NDPO.htm

National Homeland Security Knowledgebase
http://www.twotigersonline.com/resources.html

Office of Technology Assessment (OTA)
http://www.wws.princeton.edu/ota/

Office of Technology Assessment Publications
http://www.wws.princeton.edu/ota/ns20/pubs_f.html

U.S. Customs Service
http://www.customs.treas.gov/

U.S. Department of Justice
http://www.usdoj.gov/

U.S. Postal Inspection Service
http://www.usps.com/postalinspectors/

U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/

U.S. Secret Service
http://www.secretservice.gov/

U.S. Department of Transportation
http://www.dot.gov/

U.S. Department of the Treasury
http://www.ustreas.gov/


Terrorism Links  


British Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Travel Advice Notices
Material intended to advise and inform British citizens travelling abroad
http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029390572

Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Travel Information Advisory Reports
Travel information and advisories from the Canadian government
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/travel/menu-en.asp

Canada's Counter-Terrorism Program
Canadian Counter-Terrorism Policy and Opertional Readiness
http://www.psepc-sppcc.gc.ca/serv/404-en.asp?url=404;http://www.psepc-sppcc.gc.ca:80/national_security/counter_terrorism_e.asp

U.S. Department of State's Travel Warnings & Consular Information Sheets
Official U.S. Department of State travel advisories for each country in the world. Also contains brief information on medical facilities, crime, infrastructure, legal, Embassy locations and other information useful for travelers. Key official information from USIA concerning counterterrorism. Very similar to the Department of States Counterterrorism site
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis_pa_tw_1168.html

U.S. State Department's Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism
Counterterrorism information site for the U.S. Department of State. Contains official statements, fact sheets and speeches.
http://www.state.gov/s/ct/

U.S. State Department "Patterns of Global Terrorism" Reports
The Hellenic Resources Institute offers the 1993, 1994 and 1995 "Patterns of Global Terrorism" Reports on their site. These reports list the terrorist incidents during the year, as well as background information on the perpetrators.
http://www.hri.org/docs/USSD-Terror/

FEMA's "Terrorism" page
Basic information on terrorism from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The Fact Sheet lists what to do before, during and after a terrorist attack
http://www.fema.gov/hazard/terrorism/index.shtm

Countering Terrorism and Protecting our Forces
This page provides information about the Department of Defense's efforts to fight terrorism at home and abroad. 
http://www.defenselink.mil/other_info/terrorism.html

CDT's Counter-Terrorism issues page
The Center for Democracy and Technology's page contains information and analysis relating to counterterrorism legislation. 
http://www.cdt.org/policy/terrorism/

Electronic Privacy Information Center's Counter-Terrorism Proposals
The Electronic Privacy Information Center is a resource for information on counterterrorism proposals and the restriction of free speech. 
http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/

Terrorism Research Center
Terrorism, information warfare and security, critical infrastructure protection, homeland security, and other issues of low-intensity political violence and gray-are phenomena
http://www.terrorism.org/

International Association of Counterterrorism and Security Professionals
The IACSP site has information concerning their organization as well as feature's from their magazine, Counterterrorism & Security
http://www.iacsp.com/

Electronic Frontier Foundation. Information regarding legislative counterterrorism efforts that use "'terrorism' and 'militias' as excuses" for censorship. 
http://www.eff.org/Censorship/Terrorism_militias/antiterrorism_chill.html

Anti-Defamation League
The leading organization against anti-Semitism and its site has information on terrorism, hate crimes, skinheads, militias, and extremists. 
http://www.adl.org/

Terrorist Group Profiles
Provided by the Dudley Knox Library at the Naval Postgraduate School
http://library.nps.navy.mil/home/tgp/tgpmain.htm

Letter and package bomb indicators: Courtesy of ERRI and the U.S. Postal Inspector's Office 
http://www.emergency.com/pkgbomb.htm

The FBI's letter/package bomb indicators courtesy of Intercom.net
http://www.intercom.net/local/shore_journal/fbi10924.html

Kim-spy site. A wide variety of links to paramilitary and terrorism information on Internet
http://www.kimsoft.com/kim-spy2.htm

Oklahoma City Tragedy. A site by CNN dedicated to the OKC bombing and current information on the on-going trial
http://www.cnn.com/US/OKC/index.html

Terror in Dhahran: Saudi Bomb Blast. CNN provides information on the blast, investigation, victims, and impact and analysis
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/1996/saudi.special/index.html

Olympic Park Bombing. Provides information on the bombing, investigation, victims and reaction
http://www.cnn.com/US/9607/27/olympic.bomb.main/index.html

Disasters & Emergencies page (HHS)
The purpose of the DP Program is to prepare the United States for the possibility of a terrorist attack involving nuclear, biological or chemical weapons. 
http://www.hhs.gov/emergency/index.shtml

Center for Homeland Defense & Homeland Security Studies (Air War College)
http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/awc-hmld.htm

Countering the Changing Threat of International Terrorism
http://www.fas.org/irp/threat/commission.html

"Dark Winter" BioTerrorism Simulation Exercise (Center for Biosecurity). A fictional smallpox attack scenario
http://www.hopkins-biodefense.org/darkwinter.htm

ERRI Counterterrorism Archive
http://www.emergency.com/cntrterr.htm

Institute for Counter-Terrorism
http://www.ict.org.il

Counterterrorism and Incident Response (LLNL)
http://www.llnl.gov/nai/Programs/Counterterrorism/

National Security Agency (NSA)
http://www.nsa.gov

National Security Institute Counter Terrorism
http://nsi.org/terrorism.html

National Technical Information Service
http://www.ntis.gov

Specwar.net: Counter-Terrorist Groups
http://www.specwarnet.com/ct.htm

Technical Support Working Group
http://www.tswg.gov

UN Action Against - Combating Terrorism
http://www.un.org/terrorism

US Department of State: Counterterrorism Office
http://www.state.gov/s/ct


Response Links  


CDC Bioterrorism Emergency Preparedness & Response
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/

Advice for Safeguarding Buildings Against Chemical or Biological Attack
Department of Energy, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
http://securebuildings.lbl.gov

Emergency Information Infrastructure Partnership Newsletter
http://www.emforum.org/eiip/news.htm

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
http://www.fema.gov

National Fire and Rescue Magazine
http://www.nfrmag.com

National Institute for Chemical Studies
http://www.nicsinfo.org/

Guide for the Selection of Chemical Agent and Toxic Industrial Material Detection Equipment for Emergency First Responders
National Institute of Justice Guide 100-00
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/pubs-sum/184449.htm

NIOSH - Emergency Response Resources
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/emres01.html

National Response Center, Chemical/HAZMAT spills
http://www.nrc.uscg.mil/nrchp.html

National Terrorism Preparedness Institute (NTPI)
http://terrorism.spjc.edu/

US Environmental Protection Agency, National Response System
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/programs/er/nrs/nrsrrt.htm

US Joint Forces Command
/http://www.jfcom.mil/

US Response to CBW Terrorism and Domestic Preparedness
http://cns.miis.edu/research/cbw/domestic.htm


Proliferation Links  

Air War College-Counterproliferation Center
A vast number of resources on homeland security, terrorism, and weapons of mass destruction
http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/cps-terr.htm

Arms Control Implementation and Compliance
http://www.defenselink.mil/acq/acic/

Arms Sale Monitoring Project. Federation of American Scientists
http://www.fas.org/asmp/

Bureau of Non-Proliferation
http://www.state.gov/www/global/arms/bureaunp.html

Counterproliferation and Chemical/Biological Defense Programs
http://www.acq.osd.mil/cp

Cox Committee Report
http://www.house.gov/coxreport/

Bureau of Interntional Security and Nonproliferation (ISN)
http://www.state.gov/t/isn/http://www.state.gov/t/isn/

International Information Programs
http://usinfo.state.gov

LLNL Nonproliferation, Arms Control and International Security
http://www.llnl.gov/nai/

Military Critical Technologies
http://www.dtic.mil/mctl

Nonproliferation Review. Center for nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies
http://cns.miis.edu/pubs/npr/index.htm

Nuclear Control Institute
http://www.nci.org/index.htm

Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction: Assessing the Risk (August 1993)
http://www.wws.princeton.edu/~ota/disk1/1993/9341_n.html

Technologies Underlying Weapons of Mass Destruction (December 1993)
http://www.wws.princeton.edu/~ota/disk1/1993/9344_n.html

Treaties and Agreements
http://www.defenselink.mil/acq/acic/treaties/index.htm

United States Air Force Counterproliferation Center
http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/awc-cps.htm


Chemical/Biological Links  


The Chemical and Biological Information Analysis center Newsletter
http://www.cbiac.apgea.army.mil/awareness/newsletter/intro.html

"Dark Winter" BioTerrorism Simulation Exercise
http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/pages/events/dark_winter/dark_winter.html

Terrorism and Political Violence (journal)
http://www.gbhap.com/journals/titles/09546553.asphttp://www.gbhap.com/journals/titles/09546553.asp

Guide for the Selection of Chemical Agent and Toxic Industrial Material Detection Equipment for Emergency First Responders
National Institute of Justice  100-00
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/pubs-sum/184449.htm

US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense
http://chemdef.apgea.army.mil/


Nuclear Links  

Air University Index to Military Periodicals
http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/aulimp/

Closing the Circle on the Splitting of the Atom: The Environmental Legacy of Nuclear Weapons Production in the United States and What the Department of Energy is Doing About It, DOE/EM-0266 DOE Office of Environmental Management, 1966
http://legacystory.apps.em.doe.gov

Department of Energy (DOE)
http://www.energy.gov

DOE Environmental Management
http://www.em.doe.gov

DOE Hanford Site
http://www.hanford.gov

DOE Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory
http://www.inel.gov

DOE Nevada Operations Office
http://www.nv.doe.gov

DOE Oak Ridge National Laboratory
http://www.ornl.gov

DOE Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)
http://www.wipp.energy.gov/

DOE/NNSA Kansas City Plant
http://www.kcp.com

DOE/NNSA Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)
http://www.llnl.gov

DOE/NNSA Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
http://www.lanl.gov

DOE/NNSA Nevada Test Site
http://www.nv.doe.gov/nts/default.htm

DOE/NNSA Pantex Plant
http://www.pantex.com

DOE/NNSA Sandia National Laboratory (SNL)
http://www.sandia.gov

DOE/NNSA Sandia National Laboratory-California
http://www.ca.sandia.gov/casite/index.html

DOE/NNSA Savannah River Site (SRS)
http://www.srs.gov/general/srs-home.html

DOE/NNSA Y-12 National Security Complex
http://www.y12.doe.gov

Effects of Nuclear War (May 1979)
http://www.wws.princeton.edu/~ota/disk3/1979/7906_n.html

Linking Legacies: Connecting the Cold War Nuclear Weapons Production Processes to Their Environmental Consequences
DOE/EM-0319, DOE Office of Environmental Management, 1997
http://legacystory.apps.em.doe.gov

National Atomic Museum
http://www.atomicmuseum.com

Nuclear Age Timeline:
Traces the nuclear age from the discovery of x-ways and radioactivity, the explosion of the first atomic bomb, the cold war, to the cleanup of the nuclear weapons complex
http:/www.em.doe.gov/timeline

Office of Technology Assessment Publications
http://www.wws.princeton.edu/~ota/ns20/pubs_f.html

Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site (REAC/TS) Radiation Incidents, "Guidance for Radiation Accident Management-Prehospital Emergency Services" -http://www.orau.gov/reacts/manage.htm 



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Send your comments and suggests to Sarah Bobrow-Williams.



Edited by Sarah Bobrow-Williams with the assistance of the students and faculty of Goddard College
and members of the wider environmental and sustainability studies community