Antiterrorism 1
Antiterrorism 1 : (1) Defensive measures used to reduce the vulnerability of individuals, forces, and property to terrorist acts. (US Department of Defense); (2) Actions designed to prevent attacks on citizens, facilities, and other assets. Such programs usually involve structural [and other] mitigation measures, such as redesigning? to make it easy to maintain surveillance and to limit access to areas where terrorists might try to launch armed attacks or leave bombs" (adapted from Waugh); (3) Also defined as "passive or defensive measures against terrorism?" (Sauter & Carafano 2005) "?generally used to describe passive or defensive measures against terrorism?" (Sauter & Carafano 2005) (4) Antiterrorism is distinguished from counterterrorism, which actively seeks to disrupt terrorist activity. See: Counterterrorism
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