URL: http://cns.miis.edu/db/wmdt/index.htm

Dates of Coverage: 1990 to present. (Covers incidents back to 1900)

Subjects: General Reference, Government and Legal Resources, Nuclear Science and Technology, Social Sciences and International Affairs, Technical Reference

Description: An open-source database of all known criminal and terrorist incidents worldwide involving WMD agents from 1900 to the present. Entries are a synthesis of multiple sources and include a detailed description of the event and a full list of citations. Six types of events are included in the database: use of agent, threatened use of agent, possession of agent, attempted acquisition of agent, plans or plots to acquire agent without operationalization, and hoaxes/pranks. While each entry provides an overall understanding of the incident based on media reports, including discrepancies among reports, the accuracy and reliability of individual sources is not assessed or verified.

Publication Types: Newspapers, academic and trade journals, government reports, news broadcasts, books, conference proceedings, unpublished works, and Internet sites

Other Names: CNS Terrorism Database, CNS WMD Database, Terrorism Database, Weapons of Mass Destruction Database

Search Aids: http://cns.miis.edu/dbinfo/help/default.htm

Update Frequency: Irregular

Link to Full-text: Yes

Alerting Service: No

Access Limitations: SNL Access Only

Copyright: Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies.

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