NUCLEAR, BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL WEAPONS October 12, 2010: The
U.S. Department of Defense recently purchased 250,000 CBRN
(Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear) protective
boots, at $29 a pair. This is in addition to a million CBRN
gloves bought earlier, for $15 a pair. This is all because,
despite all the treaties banning chemical weapons, and the
thousands of tons of the stuff destroyed over the last two
decades, the U.S. is still prepared to deal with someone using
chemical weapons against American troops. The attack is more
likely to come from terrorists these days, using primitive, but
effective, chemical weapons. The CBRN equipment is also used by
dozens of special CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological and
Nuclear) warfare response units. These units began forming three
years ago and are called CMRF (Consequence Management Response
Force) units. Most (about 80 percent) of the 15,000 troops would
be reservists (most of them National Guard). In the event of
terrorists using Chemical, Biologic