The Weapons of Mass Destruction concentration educates students on issues of the highest concern for the Intellgience Community. From lab experimentation in the Cooperative Graduate Research Program at one of the national laboratories to studies in systems thinking on intelligence issues facing global intelligence operations, students can explore a wide range of WMD thesis topics.

WMD issues include:

• Chemical
• Nuclear
• Biological
• Radiological and high yield explosive (CBRNE) threats
• Combating WMD intelligence (Nonproliferation, counter proliferation, and consequence management)
• Advances in weapons systems from nanotechnology to space systems

Weapons of Mass Destruction Concentration Courses:

MST 629 Strategic Crisis Exercise
MST 655 Advanced Conventional and Non-conventional Weapons
MST 663 WMD Counterproliferation
MST 665 The Biological Threat
MST 666 Space and Missile Threats
MST 667 The Nuclear Threat
MST 669 The Chemical and Explosive Threat
MST 698K WMD Terrorism