Biological

weapons

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Early ages
1347. Kaffa Plague
XV. Centruy, Huszitian war forthress of
Karlstein
(Spreading of Plague to Europa)
1710. Reval (Riga)
1763. Fort Pit Variola as a gift
1915. German agents and American horses

Background
Classical mass destruction weapon to attack
humans, animals, agriculture, and materials
using biological (or parts of it) warfare agents,
which allow destruction after a characteristic
latency.
Biological equipment Bio. agents
Inkapacitive Lethal
Inflammatory non-inflammatory
Curable non-curable.
Bacterial, viral, fungal, parasitic, toxic.

Anthrax

I. Generation
- 1932: China Manskoku
- Corps #731 and Spec. Corps
#100
- Dr. Isii Siro
- Dr. Kitano Maszadzsi
- Dr. Vakamacu
- Nimpo town
- Uji and Ha bombs

Plague Yersinia Pestis

II. Generation - Spores

1936. Le Bouchet (France)
1942 1945 (German bioweapon)
Base of modern biowarfare
Aerosol
High-pressure Glass-bomb

1938-1944. Hungary (Tzrszertr)

Dezs Bartos

II. Generation - Spores

1940: Port Down (British)
Project N-Bomb
Gruinard island - Anthrax
1942-1957, 1986

1941: Fort Detrick (USA)

Imitation, 239 imitated exp.
1966 Manhattan.
1969 R.Nixon

Background
Spreading in 5 micrometer
drop size
100 kg Anthrax = 1-1.5
million death
UV-resistive spores

Variola Vera

III. Generation - Viruses

1930. Tabolsk (USSR).
1933. Suzdal Pokrovsky Monastery
1935. Kalinin

Komsomolsk- and Vozrozdenie

Islands
- From 1937
- Kantubek

Ebola + Marburg fever

Biopreparat
1973 BTWC (Biological and Toxin
Weapon Contract)
"Biological substance Preparation
V. Ogarkov, J. Kalinyin

100 million Rubels/years, 25000

employees, 1000 PhD, 150 top manager,
6500 secret employee
New dimension of bioweapon
development.

Sverlovsk, Zagorsk
1979 Disaster in Sverlovsk
Anthrax cloud in the middle of the
city.
65 dies.
Boris Jelcin
(1992)

Botox
Clostridium Botulinum Toxin

IV. Generation - Nightmare

Noviszibirszk, Koltsovo (NPO Vector)
1984-1985. Genetic manipulation
Marburg-fever + Ustynov version
-- Genetically
Genetically modified
modified bacteria
bacteria
(U/V-resistive,
(U/V-resistive, antibiotic-resistive
antibiotic-resistive
etc.)
etc.)
-- Chimeric
Chimeric viruses
viruses (dual:
(dual:
Variola+Ebola)
Variola+Ebola)
-- Genetically
Genetically selective
selective
bioweapons.
bioweapons.

Biopreparat Quantity
Manufacturing capacity:
-Tonns/year !
-(Anthrax)

Akszu, Stepnogorsk: abandoned Biopreparat fac

Biopreparat Quantity
-

1990: Desertion of Vlagyimir Pasechnik

1991: End of Biopreparat
1992: Confession of Sverlovsk incident
1992: Presidential Decree #390
Close of Bioweapon-program.

- Iraq + Saddam Hussein

Bioterrorism
1970 - Weather Underground Water
pollution
1972 R.I.S.E 8 types of bacteria
1980 RAF (Red Army Fraction) - Botox
1984 - Rajneeshee Cult Salmonella, HIV
1991 - Minnesota Patrif Counci Ricin
1995 - Aum Shinrikio Anthrax, Ebola
(Vx-gas, Q-fever, Subway-attack, Sarin gas)

Bioterrorism
1998 - Larry Wayne Harris
300 USD, fake mail paper = plague

2001 (Sept. 11) Anthrax

2002 Kandhal (Afganisthan)

Al-Kaida labor.
2003: Khalid Shaikh Mohammed

Protection
Be prepared
Medicaments
Protection eq.
Laboratories

Secret services
Agents
Sensors

Good health service

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