And this has to do with the DX4WIN program how? Brian - NX0X Sent from my Google Machine
> On Mar 24, 2020, at 12:59, William Osborne <wosborn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > My greatest concern is that this pandemic has demonstrated a clear pathway > to China, Russia, rogues states like Iran and North Korea (and perhaps even > Venezuela and Cuba), and non-state terrorist groups how in the future they > could attack, weaken, and possibly destroy the United States with very little > investment or technological requirements. That is, through the use of viral > or bacterial biological warfare. > Imagine the scenario in which a fanatical jihadi – instead of putting on an > explosive suicide vest and blowing himself up at a U.S. military base or > airport – is injected by his handlers with an extremely contagious and lethal > virus or bacillus, carrying a sickness that has an incubation period of 24 to > 96 hours. He is then given an airline ticket to New York, LA, San Francisco, > or Washington DC. He arrives in the US completely asymptomatic and clears > customs and medical screenings at the airport, and then takes a taxi and > disappears into urban America, making physical and aerosol contact with as > many Americans as he/she can. Now imagine that happening simultaneously with > a half-dozen or more fanatics, and you have a pandemic on the cheap. The > possibilities and potential outcomes are frightening to contemplate. > We have always feared this sort of asymmetric contingency in planning for > defense of the homeland, but the Wuhan virus pandemic has filled in many of > the specifics that the bad guys would need in order to better execute such a > fiendish attack plan. This pandemic also has helped them identify critical > nodes and infrastructure to target that would enhance the physical and > psychological impact of a bio-warfare attack on the US. > Let’s face it: we have entered uncharted territory, and perhaps stand at the > precipice of a vulnerability-prone new Dark Ages. > > Thanks, > Bill > ______________________________________________________________ > DX4WIN mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
