Irregular Warfare  Adaptive adversaries such as terrorists,
insurgents, and criminal networks as well as states will
increasingly resort to irregular forms of warfare as effective
ways to challenge conventional military powers. Advances in
technology and other trends in the environment will render such
irregular threats ever more lethal, capable of producing
widespread chaos, and otherwise difficult to counter. [IW
activities include]: counterterrorism, unconventional warfare,
foreign internal defense, counterinsurgency, and stability
operations. (Irregular Warfare Joint Operating Concept, 2010)
Due to the increasing availability of technical information and
dual-use equipment on the global economy, it is correspondingly
increasingly possible for sub-state groups to develop improvised
weapons using chemical, biological, and radiological hazards.
Although these weapons may not be as effective or deadly as
those designed by a nation-state, they can cause significant
disruption to unprotected civilians and gove