Threat resolution

Resolution (the ability to see fine details) User must determine the amount of resolution required depending on the level of detail required for threat determination. A high definition focus with a wide field of vision will give an optimal viewing area. 

Imaging results with humans have shown the effectiveness of this system to detect body-worn, concealed threats fabricated with plastic materials such as C-4 and RDX bulk explosives and plastic flare guns. Wideband images from this system of a man carrying two concealed handguns - one in left pant pocket and one on abdomen tucked into belt - as well as several innocuous items including a wallet and checkbook are shown in Fig. 5. The resolution in these images is on the order of 1 cm. 

The terrorist threat differs fundamentally from the military threats of the past involving the use of chemical weapons. Essentially it is driven by the accessibility of the material - in stiU-existing stockpiles, or relevant precursor materials, or toxic industrial chemicals. Resolution 1540 explicitly calls upon all states to strengthen multilateral cooperation, including within the framework of OPCW, and to promote universal adoption of the CWC and its full implementation. 

The cannibal controversy was typical. It arose from a couple of sentences during an hour-long television interview in April 2008 with the PBS host Charlie Rose. In that interview, Turner discussed his views on the most critical world problems, which he ranked in importance proliferation of nuclear weapons, global warming, overpopulation, ocean and air pollution. In his typically colorful, hyperbolic manner, Turner portrayed these problems as a grave threat that could bring down civilization. But he also argued that resolute action to solve these problems would create an unprecedented opportunity for jobs, wealth, and security ... 

From mid-1973 onward, the U.S.-China relationship was threatened with stagnation as Nixon and Kissinger s strategy of parallel detente with the two communist powers appeared to falter. The Chinese were opposed to, and suspicious of, the U.S.-USSR detente, and they increasingly disputed Kissinger s discourse on the Soviet threat while applying pressure on Washington for the resolution of the Taiwan issue and normalization. On the other hand, domestic pressures in the form of the... 

The reasons why Iraq did not use these weapons during the Persian Gulf War, the subject of much speculation, will probably never be known with certainty. However, this Iraqi threat highlighted the problems posed by the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction among Third World nations and the potential threat posed to U.S. forces as well as other nations. On 3 April 1991, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 687, which required that... 

Resolution 1540 labels, inter alia, the proliferation of nuclear weapons and their means of delivery, as well as illicit trafficking in nnclear weapons, their means of delivery and related materials, as a threat to international peace and security. Adopted under Chapter VII of the UN Charter, Resolution 1540 is binding on all Member States of the UN. Pursuant to the resolution. Member States are obliged to adopt and enforce laws prohibiting non-State actors from developing. 

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