TAILIEUCHUNG - Hitting America’s Soft Underbelly -The Potential Threat of Deliberate Biological Attacks Against the U.S. Agricultural and Food Industry

It then outlines agriculture’s importance to the . economy, assesses the vulnerabilities in the general food industry, examines the capabilities that are needed to exploit those vulnerabilities, and explores the likely outcomes from a successful attack. The report next considers the question of why terrorists have yet to employ agricultural assaults as a method of operation and concludes with proposed recommendations for the . policymaking community. | Hitting Àmerica s Soft Underbelly The Potential Threat of Deliberate Biological Attacks Against the . Agricultural and Food Industry PETER CHALK Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense Approved for public release distribution unlimited NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INSTITUTE The research described in this report was sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of Defense OSD . The research was conducted in the RAND National Defense Research Institute a federally funded research and development center supported by the OSD the Joint Staff the unified commands and the defense agencies under Contract DASW01-01-C-0004. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Chalk Peter. Hitting America s soft underbelly the potential threat of deliberate biological attacks against the . agricultural and food industry Peter Chalk. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. MG-135. ISBN 0-8330-3522-3 pbk. alk. paper 1. Agriculture Defense measures United States. 2. Civil defense United States. 3. Food industry and trade Defense measures United States. 4. Bioterrorism United States Prevention. . 2004 dc22 2003026834 The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit research organization providing objective analysis and effective solutions that address the challenges facing the public and private sectors around the world. RAND s publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors. RAND is a registered trademark. Copyright 2004 RAND Corporation All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means including photocopying recording or information storage and retrieval without permission in writing from RAND. Published 2004 by the RAND Corporation 1700 Main Street . Box 2138 Santa Monica CA 90407-2138 1200 South Hayes Street Arlington VA 22202-5050 201 North Craig Street Suite 202 Pittsburgh PA 15213-1516 RAND URL http To order RAND documents or to

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