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The problem, from a terrorist point of view, is that if your lights go out you don't think "terror attack". A terrorist is looking for maximum publicity for min
by PJDK 8y ago
The problem, from a terrorist point of view, is that if your lights go out you don't think "terror attack". A terrorist is looking for maximum publicity for minimum effort, not maximum economic damage.
- GW150914 8y agoIt’s also hard to build bombs without killing yourself, hard to transport them, hard to deploy them for maximum effect. Then you’re likely to face the wrath of whoever you attack, and tracing bombs and bombers is something governments do well. Tracing a pathogen could be very tricky, and it might not be possible at all in some cases. Spreading a virus is something even a toddler can manage. If it becomes cheap and easy to engineer to a contagious pathogen, deploying it will be all too easy, tracing it will be challenging.
- PJDK 8y agoInterestingly the lack of tracability brings it's own problems (if you are a terrorist). If some group were to have claimed responsibility for the 2014 ebola epidemic, would you have believed them?