Article on new biological warfare.
The direct destruction of life is not the only choice for a terrorist. Looking to the longer term, an effective alternative to attacks on people is one that has a devastating effect on the economy of the unwary victims. For example, a would-be attacker could hire a crop sprayer to spray wheat stem rust fungus over a few fields in the American Midwest. The effect might not be obvious immediately, but certainly by harvest time most of the country – and the world – would be aware that a considerable portion of America's grains were spoiled. The long-term effect would be disastrous. Not only would America's wheat sales be lost for that particular harvest, but the spores produced during infection would cause a domino effect that could have an impact on farming across states for many years to come.
