Nanotechnology for the Intelligence Community

by the Committee on Nanotechnology for the Intelligence Community, National Research Council National Academies Press, 2005 The intelligence community of the U.S. must face the revolutionary advance in scientific understanding and its application across many new technologies. One example is nanotechnology and the development of new tools to analyze and manipulate matter at the molecular level. The pace of technology growth and its rate of proliferation around the world also presents major new challenges. The opportunities that these advances represent require new and more aggressive ways to extract positive advantage. The ability of terrorists and other threats to access these advances is a growing concern relating to our security. Read the book