A terrorist group uses a virus to change the behaviour or neutralise a certain population for a certain period
Terrorists or criminal organisation uses remote-controlled swarms of "cyborg insects" (insects with implanted electronics) to infect people and/or animals or agricultural crops with biochemical agents. Perpetrators could be al...
Terrorists take algae production plants to their main targets
If world energy sector becomes dependent on algae biofuel production, terrorist know how vulnerable algae is for bioterrorism and how dependent many countries of sunny offschores are on their algae production. As oil sector is ...
Trace pollutants cause ethnic air cleansing in Europe
The hazard of trace pollutants in urban air are shown to be focused on certain ethnic minorities, e.g. Pakistani or certain EU groups, who are more susceptible to hereditary disorders such as B-thalassaemia. This rapidly leads ...
Significant terrorist action damaging science infrastructure
For example London, Cambridge, Manchester put out of action for a significant period of time (more than 1 year). With a damaged infrastructure in the UK (or Europe) the loss of research capacity could divert investment to other...
A major disaster caused by an R&D accident
it is more likely in the biotech field. For example a virus or bacteria created in a laboratory is released by terrorists, and causes chaos
Advanced screening techniques improve airport security
Terrorist threats in air traffic are nullified due to new scanning techniques (without hindering time)
Terrorist nuclear material misuse
The most convenient terrorist misuse of nuclear material is to create so-called dirty bomb, a radiological weapon which combines radioactive material with conventional explosives. Through a radiological dispersal device a radio...