Did a terrorist group and anhydrous ammonia just validate DHS’s CFATS?

Today has been very interesting, as I have taken several phone calls from security contacts wanting to learn more about Anhydrous Ammonia (NH3) and terrorist attacks, such as suicide car bombs or small missile attacks on pressure vessels holding NH3.  I am not aware of any security alerts issued by US authorities as of this afternoon, but I do know there is some minor curiosity by some in our government after Hezbollah’s secretary-general openly threatened to strike ammonia storage facilities in Haifa, Israel with missiles, calling the attack “his nuclear weapon”.  We all knew this was a potential, as we have seen terrorist cells in Iraq use Chlorine as a weapon in the last several years.  But this is a first for NH3 and although I am sure the US Government has done testing, I don’t think a lot of people know the results of their testing.  How real is this threat to the citizens of Haifa, Israel?

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