Mines and Underwater IEDs in U.S. Ports and Waterways

Authors

Scott C. Truver

Abstract

Abroad spectrum of nontraditional and asymmetric threats challenges U.S. maritime homeland security. The smuggling of drugs, arms, and people; vesselborne improvised explosive devices, like that used by terrorists against the guided-missile destroyer USS Cole in October 2002; proliferation of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-explosive weapons of mass destruc- tion and disruption; piracy and organized crime; overexploitation of marine re- sources and the destruction of marine habitats; environmental attacks and trade disruption; political and religious extremism; mass migration flows; global health threats (e.g., the spread of infectious diseases like SARS and avian flu)—all these and more pose far-reaching dangers for American security interests at home and abroad.

Recommended Citation

Truver, Scott C. (2008) "Mines and Underwater IEDs in U.S. Ports and Waterways," Naval War College Review: Vol. 61: No. 1, Article 8.
Available at: https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol61/iss1/8