Download or read book Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2012 and the Future Years Defense Program: Part 5, Emerging Threats and Capabilities written by Committee on Armed Services United States Senate and published by . This book was released on 2012-07-07 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: President Obama has embarked on a three-pronged effort to reduce the spread of nuclear weapons, nuclear materials, and nuclear technology. As the President said in the Nuclear Posture Review, "The threat of global nuclear war has become remote, but the risk of nuclear attack has increased." The most immediate and extreme threat today is nuclear terrorism. Today we will discuss the efforts at DOD and DOE to thwart the goals of these potential nuclear terrorists and reduce the chances that a nuclear or radiological device is detonated in a U.S. city or anywhere else.