The war with Iran has focused the world’s attention on nuclear weapons and oil. Those risks are real. But there is a third category of danger that the conflict has brought into sharp relief — one that the United States is far less prepared to handle than most people realize.
Iran likely has a biological weapons capability. This has been the view of the U.S. government for several years now, predat...
The article presents a compelling case for the urgent need to address biological preparedness as a national security priority. It highlights the potential danger of unsecured biological materials in conflict zones, such as those in Iran, and raises concerns about the U.S.'s ability to detect and respond to a release of a novel or engineered pathogen. The article also suggests that gaps exist in the Strategic National Stockpile's countermeasures against threat agents and that the research and man...