Chemical Agents of Opportunity for Terrorism: TICs & TIMs

Chemical Agents of Opportunity for Terrorism
Training Support Package
Participant Guide
Slide 31
Chemical Agents of Opportunity for Terrorism:
TICs & TIMs
Rail links transporting chemical tanker
cars travel through or near major cities
Module One – Toxic Warfare: Looking Beyond Conventional Chemical Weapons
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This is a photo taken of a tanker car containing chlorine rolling through the nation’s
capital in 2004. While attempts to change such vulnerable transportation routes have
begun, as well as attempts to shift production to less toxic chlorine alternatives such as
hypochlorites, a tanker spill by direct hostile action or otherwise remains a major
concern. Chlorine tankers no longer travel on this rail line in D.C. However, other
jurisdictions have not enacted similar legislation.
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