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Chemical and biological weapons
Weapons of Mass Destruction and the Environment, 2018A feature of the contemporary media debate is often confusion between these categories and unrealistic expectations of destructive effect, not unlike that seen in the popular debate on nuclear weapons.
J. Revill, Giovanna. F. M. Pontes
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Swarming destruction: drone swarms and chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons
The Nonproliferation Review, 2018Drone swarms—multiple unmanned systems capable of coordinating their actions to accomplish shared objectives—have major implications for the future of warfare.
Z. Kallenborn, P. Bleek
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Humanity & Society, 2002
Every once in a while, stories appear about “Castro's” biological weapons, as in “Castro Weaponizes West Nile Virus”(by Martin Arostegui, Insightmag posted September 16, 2002).
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Every once in a while, stories appear about “Castro's” biological weapons, as in “Castro Weaponizes West Nile Virus”(by Martin Arostegui, Insightmag posted September 16, 2002).
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2007
AbstractThis chapter describes biological weapons, including the history of their proliferation and use, outbreaks of anthrax and salmonellosis, international control of biological weapons, and specific bioterrorist weapons and their adverse health effects. It concludes with a discussion of what health professionals can do to address biological weapons.
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AbstractThis chapter describes biological weapons, including the history of their proliferation and use, outbreaks of anthrax and salmonellosis, international control of biological weapons, and specific bioterrorist weapons and their adverse health effects. It concludes with a discussion of what health professionals can do to address biological weapons.
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The Soviet Biological Weapons Program
, 2012Russian officials claim today that the USSR never possessed an offensive biological weapons program. In fact, the Soviet government spent billions of rubles and hard currency to fund a hugely expensive weapons program that added nothing to the country's ...
M. Leitenberg, R. Zilinskas, J. Kuhn
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Chemical and Biological Weapons
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1991To the Editor. —War in the Middle East has increased fears that chemical or biological weapons (CBW) might be used in battle. Iraq's "supposed use" (Marwick's term 1 ) of mustard gas and tabun, a nerve gas, has been well documented by medical teams from the United Nations 2 and portrayed vividly in a recent Public Broadcasting Service documentary ...
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Bioethics and Biological Weapons
Science, 1998Biological weapons, whether wielded by the military forces of nations or by terrorists, will continue to pose a serious threat to international security for the foreseeable future. Although access to toxic material and pathogenic strains of microorganisms is restricted, covert traffic in such agents is as difficult to control as that of illegal drugs ...
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Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift (1946), 2010
Biological weapons are weapons of mass destruction that use pathogens (bacteria, viruses) or the toxins produced by them to target living organisms or to contaminate non-living substances. In the past, biological warfare has been repeatedly used. Anthrax, plague and smallpox are regarded as the most dangerous biological weapons by various institutions.
K, Kerwat, S, Becker, H, Wulf, D, Densow
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Biological weapons are weapons of mass destruction that use pathogens (bacteria, viruses) or the toxins produced by them to target living organisms or to contaminate non-living substances. In the past, biological warfare has been repeatedly used. Anthrax, plague and smallpox are regarded as the most dangerous biological weapons by various institutions.
K, Kerwat, S, Becker, H, Wulf, D, Densow
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2005
Many toxins and replicating agents have the potential for malevolent use. Of prime concern is the use of agents or toxins that would affect large populations. Delivery of these agents through food or water is of concern but is restricted by the quantity of agent required, thus limiting use to objectives where less than mass morbidity is intended ...
Ross D. LeClaire, M. Louise M. Pitt
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Many toxins and replicating agents have the potential for malevolent use. Of prime concern is the use of agents or toxins that would affect large populations. Delivery of these agents through food or water is of concern but is restricted by the quantity of agent required, thus limiting use to objectives where less than mass morbidity is intended ...
Ross D. LeClaire, M. Louise M. Pitt
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Science, 1998
The current negotiations in Geneva to develop a legally binding instrument to strengthen the 1972 Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) are likely to result in an international declaration and inspection regime. This regime could have implications for both academic and industrial research, development, and production sites. In a recent Policy
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The current negotiations in Geneva to develop a legally binding instrument to strengthen the 1972 Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) are likely to result in an international declaration and inspection regime. This regime could have implications for both academic and industrial research, development, and production sites. In a recent Policy
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