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...anding nuclear fallout and [[Biological warfare|biological]] or [[Chemical warfare|chemical]] (NBC) attacks but the blast-proof requirement varies depending o

...n antidote for [[Lewisite]], the now-obsolete [[arsenic]]-based [[chemical warfare agent]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/bal/developme ...y<ref>Goldman M, Dacre JC. (1989) Lewisite: its chemistry, toxicology, and biological effects. Rev Environ Contam Toxicol 110: 75-115

...rial/chapter02_02.html CW Terrorism Tutorial], A Brief History of Chemical Warfare, ''Historical Cases of CW Terrorism'', Aum Shinrikyo, 2004</ref>

...ce|Earth]] and [[planetary science]] communities, although applications to biological and industrial systems are beginning to emerge.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=D ====Biological role====

...anotechnology become dominant; military applications such as [[biological warfare]] and implants for soldiers; and surveillance through nano-sensors, which a ...accumulate in organs, another concern is their potential interaction with biological processes inside the body: because of their large surface, nanoparticles on

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...nic compounds are known. Many were initially prepared for use in chemical warfare during World War I. Representative compounds have the formulae R<sub>3-x</ ...{gaps|20|000|tons}} of [[lewisite]](ClCH=CHAsCl₂), a [[Chemical warfare|chemical weapon]] that is a [[vesicant]] (blister agent) and [[lung]] irrit

...P.H. |author.= | title = Fire frequency in southern California shrublands: biological effects and management options | year = 1995 | booktitle = Brushfires in Ca ...] for many purposes including cultivation, [[Smoke signal|signaling]], and warfare. Scottish botanist [[David Douglas]] noted the native use of fire for tobac

...n [[genetic engineering|engineered]] artificially (most often created as [[biological weapons]]), or be any illness that came forth from the (ab)use of [[technol |A deadly, [[influenza|flu]]-based virus. Created as a biological weapon codenamed Blue. Causes a lethally high fever and is highly contagiou

...11-23 }}</ref> The attack is one of only two confirmed terrorist uses of [[biological weapons]] to harm humans.<ref name="wheelis" /> ...s in The Dalles, the largest population center in Wasco County. The chosen biological agent was ''[[Salmonella enterica]]'' Typhimurium, which was first delivere

| title = Modern Warfare: A French View of Counterinsurgency ...are needed. National response, for example, might be needed for a nuclear, biological, radiological, or large chemical attack.

...imisation|victimization]] and destruction of [[noncombatant]] [[Targeting (warfare)|targets]] (sometimes iconic symbols)."<ref name=Bockstette2008>{{cite jour ...art, Peter. ''Mick: The Real Michael Collins''. p.241</ref> After years of warfare, London agreed to the 1921 Anglo-Irish treaty creating an independent Irish

...ll weaponized stocks were destroyed after the end of the U.S. [[biological warfare]] program in 1969. [http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/bioter/anthraxmuddytrail.htm [[Category:Biological weapons]]

...) is a now retired [[microbiology|microbiologist]] and former [[Biological warfare|bioweaponeer]] for the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]]. ...etrick]], [[Maryland|MD]], [[United States|U.S.]] beginning in 1951. After biological weapons development was discontinued by President [[Richard Nixon|Nixon]] i

...and expert in the area of [[biological warfare]]. He participated in germ warfare research at [[U.S. Army]] [[Army Medical Unit|Medical Unit]] (USAMU), [[For *"There is no doubt in my mind that Iraq has a much stronger biological warfare program today than it had in 1990."

...ober 24, 1953) is an American [[physician]], [[virology|virologist]] and [[biological weapon|bio-weapon]]s expert who underwent what was considered by many to be ...U.S. Department of Defense]]'s medical research institute for [[biological warfare]] (BW) defense at [[Fort Detrick]], Frederick, [[Maryland|MD]]. There he st

...2 — is a former [[Soviet]] [[physician]], [[scientist]] and [[biological warfare]] (BW) expert. He rose rapidly in the ranks of the [[Red Army]] to become t ...f>Anderson, D. (2006), ''Lessons Learned from the Former Soviet Biological Warfare Program''; UMI Dissertation Services, UMI NO. 3231331</ref>

...e]] [[research]] that may have defensive applications against [[biological warfare]]. It is located on [[Fort Detrick]], [[Maryland]] and is a subordinate lab ....usamriid.army.mil/education/index.htm Medical Management of Chemical and Biological Casualties Course (MMCBC)]</ref><ref>[http://english.ohmynews.com/articlevi

...ks to quantitatively answer questions pertaining to what might happen in a biological attack. ...eat Characterization Center (BTCC), which seeks to identify and prioritize biological threats and our vulnerabilities to those threats through its laboratory thr

'''''The Demon in the Freezer''''' is a 2002 non-fiction book on the [[biological weapon]] agents [[smallpox]] and [[anthrax]] and how the [[United States|A ...ith both [[Plague (disease)|plague]] and [[smallpox]] is revealed. Various biological weapon facilities in Russia and [[Iraq]] are described. Finally, the histor

...public health preparedness and response to emergencies, including acts of biological, chemical and nuclear terrorism. ...dditionally, he was previously an employee of [[Kroll Inc.]] which studied biological terrorism attacks.

...incident called into question the ability of USAMRIID to keep its deadly [[biological agent|agents]] within [[laboratory]] walls seven months after the anthrax m ...] |date=August 2, 2008 |accessdate=2008-08-01 }}</ref> However, biological warfare and anthrax vaccine expert Dr. [[Meryl Nass]] has expressed skepticism of t

..., someone sent a letter to authorities stating, "Dr. Assaad is a potential biological terrorist."<ref>http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/01/26/assaad/index.h ...he Art?" It suggests that the senate anthrax "was a diabolical advance in biological weapons technology." The article describes "a technique used to anchor sil

...nd other ailments that could afflict U.S troops either through chemical or biological weapons. ...cine storage and production center" that would protect U.S. troops against biological agents, including vaccines against bubonic plague, ebola and anthrax. The

...tates and can provide sophisticated confirmatory diagnosis and typing of [[biological agent]]s that may be used in a [[bioterrorist]] attack or other bio-agent i ...biological.html Dembek, Zygmunt F. (2007), ''Medical Aspects of Biological Warfare''], (Series: [[Textbook of Military Medicine|Textbooks of Military Medicine

...been removed in order to avoid revelations of serious violations of the [[Biological Weapons Convention]]. ...[Biohazard (book)|Biohazard: The Chilling True Story of the Largest Covert Biological Weapons Program in the World - Told from Inside by the Man Who Ran it]].''

Anthrax spores can be produced [[in vitro]] and used as a [[biological weapon]]. Anthrax does not spread directly from one infected animal or pers ...outbreak. However, the [[Vollum strain]], developed but never used as a [[biological weapon]] during the Second World War, is much more dangerous. The ''Vollum'