Targeting Terrorism
The risk of weapons of mass destruction falling into the hands of terrorists is the gravest threat facing the United States, a Pentagon official has said.
Asked about the existential threats against Washington, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy said there were many, but warned that “the thing that keeps me awake at night is a nexus between terrorism and massive destruction.”
She told a Washington symposium on US security that the United States needs to better prepare for “the possibility that a terrorist organization could either acquire a ready-made weapon or fabricate something improvised that would have a catastrophic effect for us.”
The threat of WMDs falling into terrorist hands was the driving rationale behind high-profile nuclear security summit hosted by President Barack Obama in April which featured leaders from 47 countries including “nuclear club” members China, France, India and Russia.
The summit concluded with an agreement by the countries to a four-year deadline to lock down loose fissile material to prevent it from falling into militant hands.
via DoD: Rogue WMDs Major Threat to US.
What is equally frightening is a rogue state like Iran not being stopped from developing Nuclear weapons. Ahmadinejad has said many times that he will use nuclear weapons against Israel and the United States. Do we not believe him?