biological warfare
biological warfare The military use of microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, and other microorganisms, including the agents for anthrax and botulism, to induce disease or death among humans, livestock, and crop plants. Though officially banned in most countries, research continues with the aim of developing virulent strains of existing microorganisms, using genetic engineering and other techniques.
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The Gathering Biological Warfare Storm
Magazine article from: Air & Space Power Journal; 12/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; The Gathering Biological Warfare Storm edited by Jim...aspects of biological warfare that have acquired new...impossible to design; thus, biological warfare would become...offensive biological warfare, for which defensive...
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Britain's bacteria.(Britain and Biological Warfare: Expert Advice and Science Policy, 1930-65)
Magazine article from: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; 7/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; Britain and Biological Warfare: Expert Advice and Science...BRITAIN AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE, Brian Balmer, a lecturer...question of Britain and Biological Warfare is whether germs...strategic value of biological warfare in its present known...
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Biological warfare. (Report Summary).
Magazine article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases; 11/1/2001; 700+ words
; ...cochair of a study on biological weapon threats and defensive...I define biological warfare as use of agents of...elements may find in biological warfare opportunities...doctrines), biological warfare is probably the most...abjuration of biological warfare as a ...
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ARGONNE WORKS ON DETECTION OF BIOLOGICAL WARFARE CHEMICALS
Newspaper article from: Sun Publications (IL); 4/18/1997; 700+ words
; Biological warfare's invisible threat may...correct sequence. In the biological agent detection program...antibodies for biological warfare agents on the chips...the air of a biological warfare agent, to identify what...
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Biological warfare fears misplaced, Harvard professor says
News Wire article from: University Wire; 2/22/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...afraid of an attack with biological weapons? The country...grave danger of germ warfare from abroad, according...ended the production of biological weapons in the United...the proliferation of biological weapons as an amateur...inhabitants around a germ warfare plant in Siberia in...
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Biological warfare remains a threat, says speaker at Brown U.
News Wire article from: University Wire; 11/8/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...WIRE) PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Biological warfare may not seem an immediate threat...the potential for biological warfare and its consequences Tuesday...scientists study the potential for biological warfare is frightening, she said...
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Biological, chemical warfare present new battleground for protecting American public
News Wire article from: University Wire; 10/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...its invisibility. Biological and chemical warfare spread silently in...does not lie in the biological weapons themselves...biological and chemical warfare has one student, Woodrow...scared of biological warfare," he said. "But...
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Sensor development races biological warfare threat
Magazine article from: Signal; 12/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...accelerating work on biological warfare sensors and related...ahead of efforts by biological warfare developers to...page 36). "Detecting biological warfare agents in a...According to biological warfare experts, biological...
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The United States and Biological Warfare: Secrets from the Early Cold War and Korea.(Review)
Magazine article from: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; 5/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...United States and Biological Warfare: Secrets from...the first use of biological weapons. Why would...and biological warfare policy and preparedness...authorize the use of biological weapons. The United...have Used germ warfare. There isn't...
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Biological Warfare and Disarmament: Global Aontexts. (Books).(Susan Wright, author)
Magazine article from: International Peace Update; 12/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...understandings of the threat of biological warfare as emanating solely...prohibiting biological warfare." Matthew Evangelista...Western policies on biological warfare in context...threat of asymmetrical warfare, including bioterrorism...
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Chemical and Biological Warfare
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE. While limited use of...was the well-kept secret of German nerve gases. Early Biological Warfare Biological warfare received little attention in the United States prior to...
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Biological Warfare
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security
Biological Warfare █ JUDYTH SASSOON Biological warfare, as defined by the United...Civil War. Modern History of Biological Warfare During the twentieth...stockpiling of weapons of biological warfare by governments throughout the...
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Biological warfare
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Biological warfare Biological warfare, as defined by the United Nations, is the use of any living...One of the attractive aspects of anthrax as a weapon of biological warfare is its ability to be dispersed over the enemy by air. Other...
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biological warfare
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
biological warfare The deliberate spread...has a considerable biological warfare pedigree...offensive biological warfare programme. Japanese...way for the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention...offensive biological warfare programme, run...
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Chemical and Biological Weapons and Warfare
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
Chemical and Biological Weapons and Warfare. Chemical warfare is the military use of lethal, harassing, or incapacitating...specifically designed to harm or to kill; biological warfare is the use of disease‐causing bacteria, viruses...
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