Aum Shinrikyo’s Nuclear and Chemical Weapons Development Efforts

Aum Shinrikyo’s Nuclear and Chemical Weapons Development Efforts

This article details the terrorist activities of the Japanese cult, Aum Shinrikyo, from the perspective of its complex engineering efforts aimed at producing nuclear and chemical weapons. The experience of this millenarian organization illustrates that even violent non-state actors with considerable...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Andrea A. Nehorayoff, Benjamin Ash, Daniel S. Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Henley-Putnam University 2016-03-01
Series:Journal of Strategic Security
Subjects:
Chemical weapons
Counterterrorism
Nonstate actors
Nuclear weapons and nonproliferation
Science and technology & security
Weapons of mass destruction
Online Access:http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/jss/vol9/iss1/5/

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