es are resistant to dryness and heat, they are relatively easy to grind and store". U.S. officials
             say that as many as 12 countries including Russia, Iraq, and North Korea, have established capabilities to
             produce and load deadly anthrax spores into weapons (D.Funk, Army Times, 3-19-98). An anthrax
             loaded scud missile could kill 100,000 people in an urban area according to a 1993 study, "Proliferation
             of Weapons of Mass Destruction: Assessing the Risks", (J. Erlich, Army Times, 9-8-97). No country is
             known to have released the biological agent during wartime. Anthrax has the potential to cover large
             areas of the battlefield. It is not known what branch of service, front line, or rear area troops would be at
             greater risks. Defense Secretary William Cohen stated, "Anthrax is the poor man's atomic bomb" (D.
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