Professor Lockwood said it would be easier to develop insect-based weapon than developing a nuclear or chemical weapon Photo: PA From The Telegraph:
Terrorists would find it "relatively easy" to launch a devastating attack using swarms of insects to spread a deadly disease, an academic has warned.
Jeffrey Lockwood, professor of entomology at Wyoming University and author of Six-legged Soldiers: Using Insects as Weapons of War, said such Rift Valley Fever or other diseases could be transported into a country by a terrorist with a suitcase.
He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "I think a small terrorist cell could very easily develop an insect-based weapon."
He said it would "probably be much easier" than developing a nuclear or chemical weapon, arguing: "The raw material is in the back yard."
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My Comment: If has been known for a long time that the use of simple biological weapons can produce devastating economic and social costs. But because they are simple .... and the source can never be determined .... the PR value will be useless for a terrorist.
The only use will be for those who have a long term strategic view to the conflict .... but with the exception of Bin Laden and a few others .... the Jihadist movement is certainly void of these personalities.
