To be effective deterrents in the future, our nuclear weapons must have greatly increased accuracy, reduced yields, specialized capabilities (such as deep earth penetration) and tailored effects (such as ability to neutralize chemical-biological agents)....In a dangerous world, with many states and organizations committed to acquiring and using nuclear weapons, it would be unwise for the United States not to make our nuclear deterrent force more effective.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Hobson's choices (cont.)

U.S. officials predicted before the war that at least 100 metric tons of weapon-ready chemical and biological agents would be found.

CNN: War of words over Iraqi weapons

Novel nanosensors will allow for the rapid detection, diagnosis and prescription of antidotes to deadly biological or chemical agents--such technologies could ensure safety of both armed forces and civilian populations.

FORBES: Nanotech Takes On Homeland Terror

Altogether lost amidst the much-ballyhooed headlines that the Survey Group discovered "No WMDs" was its uncovering of an inconvenient fact: At the time of the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, Saddam Hussein had active, albeit low-level, production lines for both chemical and biological agents.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Tragedy of errors

Since the regime made no appreciable effort to distinguish which contained high explosives and which were loaded with chemical or biological agents, establishing exactly what is in such facilities is a time-consuming and dangerous task.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Don��t bother me with the facts

The job will not be easy: three years ago, before inspectors were blocked, they had turned up the important bits of Iraq's nuclear weapons programme, destroyed most (not all) of its missiles, disposed of thousands of tonnes of chemical weapons and their ingredients, and they were closing in on its production of nerve agents and its best-kept biological secrets.

ECONOMIST: No peace in the Middle East without disarming Iraq