To understand WMD and their capabilities first we need to identify them by their different names and groups that they belong to. The first ones are the chemical agents, this agent is controlled by the field behavior of weather variables such as wind, temperature, air stability, humidity, vegetation, and soil. Chemical agents may appear in different forms vapors, aerosols, or liquids. (Field Behavior of NBC Agents Department of …show more content…
"Category B" weapons are second-highest priority to the CDC, because they are fairly easy to disseminate, cause moderate amounts of disease and low fatality rates. But these weapons require specific public-health action such as improved diagnostic and detection systems. These agents include: Q fever, brucellosis, ganders, ricin, Enterotoxin B, viral encephalitis, food safety threats, water safety threats, meliodosis, psittacosis and typhus fever.
Category C" weapons, described by the CDC as "emerging infectious disease threats," are fairly easy to obtain, produce and disseminate and can produce high rates of disease and mortality. These include the Nipah virus and