Universal Detection Technology Emphasizes Growing Threat of Chemical and Biological Attacks in the United States and Abroad
March 14 2011 - 6:01AM
Marketwired
Universal Detection Technology
(www.udetection.com) (OTCBB: UNDT), a developer of early-warning
monitoring technologies that protect against biological, chemical,
and radiological weapons, believes that the United States needs to
update its chemical and biological defense efforts in order to deal
with the evolving and growing threat of an attack on the US soil
with such agents.
A recent report published by the RAND Corporation, states that
"given the inherent secrecy with which states and other actors will
conduct [chemical and biological] CB agent development, adversary
programs could acquire new CB agents years before US defense
planners recognize those agents. After the US intelligence
community recognizes those CB agents as threats, the United States
will probably need many more years to establish a comprehensive
defense against them. Such gaps in CB defense capabilities pose a
potentially serious risk to US military operations."
Rogue nations and terrorist groups have developed new and more
sophisticated scientific capabilities and dual-use manufacturing
sectors have proliferated, increasing the threat of development of
lethal chemical or biological agents. The Anthrax attacks of 2001
were one incident which showed how just a few grams of weaponized
anthrax sent through the postal system caused such havoc. "In the
coming decades, these factors will likely increase the probability
that the United States will face 'unknown' CB threats against which
existing defenses are inadequate even for US military personnel,"
the report said.
According to a report by NBC New York, "Security officials are
warning the leaders of major Wall Street banks that Al Qaeda
terrorists in Yemen may be trying to plan attacks against those
financial institutions or their leading executives." Intelligence
analysts have suggested they have a general but growing concern
that operatives in Yemen may again try to send package bombs of
biological and chemical agents through the mail to Wall Street
bankers. The latest "Inspire" issue also made reference to trying
to use anthrax in an attack, officials said.
"As the world witnesses unrest in some very volatile regions in
the Middle East and North Africa, there is a growing concern that
weapons of mass destruction can be acquired by rogue regimes and
terrorists and be used against the United States and its allies.
Universal Detection Technology has grown its product portfolio to
address all aspects of CBRNE threats with fast acting detection of
such threats," said Jacques Tizabi, CEO of Universal Detection
Technology. "We recently added Tularemia to the list of agents that
our detection kits can rapidly identify in a sample. We plan to add
more detection capabilities for agents such as Brucella and Pox
soon as we anticipate the types of agents that might be utilized by
terrorists," added Tizabi.
For more information please visit www.udetection.com or email
info@udetection.com.
About Universal Detection Technology
Universal Detection Technology (UNDT) is a developer of
monitoring technologies, including bioterrorism detection devices.
The company on its own and with development partners is positioned
to capitalize on opportunities related to Homeland Security. For
example, UNDT in cooperation with NASA, has developed a bacterial
spore detector that detects certain biohazard substances. The
Company is also a reseller of handheld assays used for detection of
five bioterrorism agents, radiation detection systems, and
antimicrobial products. For more information, please visit
www.udetection.com.
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