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TERRORIST THREATS AND DISRUPTION TO COMMERCE
Bombs planted in cargo by terrorists represent a real threat. Easy-to-defeat padlocks, seals and locking bars will not deter them. Worse, terrorists could replace a broken lock or seal with a new one to create a false sense of security.

A bomb detonated in a busy port, rail yard or warehouse at a strategic point could disrupt commerce for days, weeks or months and damage an entire state’s economy. The environmental cleanup could be equally costly.

An August 2002 report from the National Defense University’s Center for Technology and National Security Policy states that an ocean container is ideally suited to deliver a weapon of mass destruction (WMD). The most likely form: a dirty bomb that uses traditional explosives to disperse radiological material.

Various experts have estimated that the cost to the U.S. economy of port closures due to the discovery or detonation of a WMD could be significant. The Brookings Institution estimated that port closures from a detonated WMD could cost the U.S. $1 trillion.

Booze, Allen and Hamilton reported to the U.S. Congress October 2002 that discovered an undetected WMD at a U.S. seaport would cost $58 billion and would close a major port for up to 12 days.

The FBI reports that the number of credible domestic threats involving weapons of mass destruction has increased significantly in recent years and the danger posed by international terrorism will continue for the foreseeable future.

The world needs new technologies that can actually deter terrorism by alerting authorities before a potentially lethal container reaches Customs, a truck reaches a busy tunnel, or a ship passes under a heavily traveled bridge.