Download or read book Hitting America's Soft Underbelly written by Peter Chalk and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2004-01-29 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past decade, the United States has endeavored to increase its ability to detect, prevent, and respond to terrorist threats and incidents. The agriculture sector and the food industry in general, however, have received comparatively little attention with respect to protection against terrorist incidents. This study aims to expand the current debate on domestic homeland security by assessing the vulnerabilities of the agricultural sector and the food chain to a deliberate act of biological terrorism and exploring the likely outcomes of a successful attack.