GG231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Nuclear Weapon, International Nuclear Event Scale, Natural Disaster
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Recent use of terrorist groups of various modes of transportation to attack civilians and military targets. Attack on the world trade center is the most known example. Cars, trucks, and busses are also used commonly in iraq to attack civilian targets fire. Traditionally fire has been a weapon but recent advancements have greatly increased its scope and the scale of harm to habitat and human settlements. World war two has many example of fires. Firestorms, caused by concentration of combustion and a fire reaching temp of 1000, it generates fierce winds, can blow people over and suck them into the fire. industry. A concern since 2001, is the potential of facilities such as nuclear reactors to be targeted during warfare or terrorist attacks. There are 750 reactors and plants located around the globe. This also include pants with concentrated chemical and toxins 11. 2 geography of risk.
