Possible Is Not Plausible: How Nightmare Scenarios Hijack Unconventional Weapons Policy

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Discussions on unconventional weapons policy are currently dominated by unrealistic AI-enabled bioweapon scenarios. Experts warn this focus may leave national security unprepared for actual chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear threats.

Current conversations surrounding unconventional weapons — chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear — have become so fantastical as to be unserious. As the Chinese military fundamentally rethinks biological warfare and Russia continues to use chloropicrin in Ukraine, hypothetical scenarios of AI-enabled bioweapons dominate the headlines. If national security leaders and unconventional weapons experts continue to prioritize latent potentialities of emerging technology over current trends, U.S. national security will once again run the risk of being unprepared for an actual chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear incident.Executive agencies and Congress have drastically cut down opportunities for successful unconventional weapons policy formation by eliminating The post Possible Is Not Plausible: How Nightmare Scenarios Hijack Unconventional Weapons Policy appeared first on War on the Rocks.