id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-353772-z1x52stl Wilkening, Dean A. Combatting Bioterrorism 2008-09-05 .txt text/plain 9621 384 36 Therefore, interdiction programs like the Proliferation Security Initiative -a US effort to create international agreements and partnerships with other countries to allow the United States and its allies to board airplanes or ships suspected of carrying weapons of mass destruction or their components -may have some deterrent role but without accurate and timely intelligence, it will likely be of limited effectiveness against biological threats, unlike chemical, nuclear, or ballistic missile threats where the cargo is easier to detect. And, some functions can overlap in time; for example, the logistics associated with activating the Strategic National Stockpile (warehouses in the United States that currently store medical supplies for a massive infectious outbreak) and setting up and staffing the points of distribution (PODs) where people will eventually queue up to receive treatment can occur simultaneously and immediately after an attack is detected but before the agent has been identified. ./cache/cord-353772-z1x52stl.txt ./txt/cord-353772-z1x52stl.txt