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Establishes the technical issues to be addressed in planning process.
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Problem stated in manner that requires multi-disciplainary, collaborative approach
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Understanding key to performing tasks, therefore visualization is critical
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CLASSIFIED
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TO: Members of the Concept Action Group
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FROM: Director, Intelligence
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Subject: Emergence of Immediate Terrorist State Threat to North
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America
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This memorandum outlines recent intelligence information that has
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been made available to this organization.
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A terrorist state, supported by a know multi-state terrorist group
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has obtained, and is planning to use, a crude missile capability.
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This capability consists of a turbo-prop airliner (a Beech 1900 commuter
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plane) with Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation and autopilot.
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With the fuel it has been modified to carry, it is capable of launching
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from the middle east and reaching North America.
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Our information is that the aircraft will carry weapons of mass
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destruction, of either a chemical or biological nature. We have
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confirmed that they have probably obtained both types, and have the
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willingness to use them.
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Their intent is to demonstrate that they can hold the entire
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population of both the U.S. and Canada at risk, and to retaliate for
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perceived interference with allied ethnic interests in the Balkans. We
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believe that they intend to attack a target in North Western New York,
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to threaten Canada, and target deployment support resources at Fort
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Drum.
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It is important that all involved understand that it is possible that
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interception of this aircraft will have a significant impact on the
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surrounding populations. The agents present in this weapon may not be
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destroyed in an interception, and could be even more widely distributed.
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Of course we will pass on any additional information we obtain to the
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Group.
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