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Biological weapons [PDF]

Cell Mol Life Sci, 2006
Bossi P, Bricaire F.
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Preventing ‘A Virological Hiroshima’: Cold War Press Coverage of Biological Weapons Disarmament [PDF]

, 2015
This article examines representations of biological weapons during a crucial period in the recent history of this form of warfare. The study draws on a corpus of newspaper articles from the US New York Times and the UK Times and Guardian written around ...
Brian Bàlmer, Alex Spelling, Caitríona McLeish   +2 more
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Legacy and impact of the 1925 Geneva Protocol: one hundred years of treaties and debates on chemical and biological weapons [PDF]

Frontiers in Microbiology
This essay examines the legacy and impact of the 1925 Geneva Protocol, which prohibited the use of chemical and biological weapons. This multinational treaty was an important milestone in the history of the non-proliferation of weapons of mass ...
Walter E. Grunden, Olli H. Tuovinen
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Improvement of Flamethrower-Incendiary Weapons of the Troops of Radiological, Chemical and Biological Protection of the Russian Federation Armed Forces

Вестник войск РХБ защиты, 2023
The lecture is aimed at the improvement of the professional level of military personnel in the sphere of flamethrower­incendiary weapons of the Troops of Radiological, Chemical and Biological Protection of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
M. A. Kharitonov, M. A. Khomenko, A. O. Smirnov, K. V. Egorov   +3 more
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Potential Biological Weapons Threats

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 1999
Abstract : The list of agents that could pose the greatest public health risk in the event of a bioterrorist attack is short. However, although short, the list includes agents that, if acquired and properly disseminated, could cause a difficult public health challenge in terms of our ability to limit the numbers of casualties and control the damage to ...
Mark G. Kortepeter, Gerald W. Parker
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Historical Aspects of Bioterrorism: Factors Determining the Possibility of Using Pathogenic Biological Agents as Biological Weapons

Проблемы особо опасных инфекций
Every year, the number of potentially life-threatening pathogenic biological agents (PBAs) is rapidly growing, which are represented by viruses, bacteria, rickettsia, chlamydia, protozoa, fungi, genetically engineered constructs and modified ...
M. A. Yudin, A. S. Bogacheva, A. L. Buzmakova, A. V. Potapova, A. V. Romanova, D. O. Kalyakina, V. V. Shilov   +6 more
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THE TWENTIETH CENTURY DEVELOPMENT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF BACTERIAL, BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL WEAPONS AND THE PRESENT CAPABILITIES OF NATO AND THE WARSAW PACT IN THIS RESPECT

Scientia Militaria, 2012
Over the last twenty years increased attention has been focused on the military uses of Bacterial, Biological and Chemical agents (BBC weapons). This phenomenon can be attributed to a number of reasons.
A.L.S. Hudson
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Living Weapons: Biological Weapons and International Security [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2010
Theodore J. Cieslak
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Pathogens as biological weapons of invasive species. [PDF]

PLoS Pathogens, 2015
Andreas Vilcinskas
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Asia-Pacific Perspective on Biological Weapons and Nuclear Deterrence in the Pandemic Era

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 2021
This article provides an Asia-Pacific perspective on biological weapons and their relevance to nuclear deterrence in the pandemic era. The entire class of biological weapons is banned by international law; however, biological weapons are generally less ...
Miles Pomper, Richard Pilch
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