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2021 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
1. Introduction
Authors : Yair Sharan, Ted J. Gordon, Elizabeth Florescu
Published in: Tripping Points on the Roads to Outwit Terror
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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Abstract
This book is written during the height of the global pandemic of 2020 in which the COVID-19 disease has swept the world. It was a surprise. While the origins of the pandemic are still obscure, we take its obvious impacts to represent what might result from a terrorist attack using a genetically modified virus as the weapon. We are looking for such future surprises in this book. The array of possibilities is staggering. We have chosen to discuss technologies that seem to have a reasonable chance to be on the scene in the next 20 years or so. Throughout the book, scenario vignettes have been used to set the scene and enrich the discussions.