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Gen. Schwartz Orders Security Study Of Potential Threats

January 28 2010

USA

The head of the Air Force has ordered a study on possible future threats and potential responses, reports the Air Force Times.

Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz has directed the Air University to investigate threats up until 2035 and consider how nanotechnology, biotechnology, nuclear power and directed energy in the laser and microwave ranges could be used to counter attacks, said Col. John Geis, director of Air University’s Center for Strategy and Technology at Maxwell Air...

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