Browse Items (135 total)
Sort by:
Biological Weapons, the Threat Posed by Terrorists; Hearing Before the Subcommittee
Hearing on the threat of BW attack on the United States, contextualized by recent events in Las Vegas.
Working Paper Submitted by the UK
The UK further considers the list of agents and toxins currently under discussion by the Ad Hoc Group.
Working Paper Submitted by the Friend of the Chair on Definitions B
This paper gives criteria for human, plant, and animal pathogens and toxins.
Working Paper Submitted by the Friend of the Chair on Definitions A Addendum
This paper gives criteria for human, plant, and animal pathogens.
Working Paper Submitted by Cuba
This paper aims to clarify the list of biological agents and toxins appearing in the document BWC/AD HOC Group/WP.182.
Working Paper Submitted by Argentina
The goal of this paper is to provide a method for assessing whether pathogens should remain listed as potential weapons.
The Threat of Chemical/Biological Terrorism
This publication by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service evaluates the threat of chemical and biological terrorism in the wake of the sarin gas attacks in the Tokyo subways.
Types and Quantities of Microbial and Other Agents and Toxins
This Ad Hoc Group of Governmental Experts seeks to identify potential verification measures which could determine if a state is stockpiling, producing, or retaining biological agents or chemical toxins.
Technologies Underlying Weapons of Mass Destruction
Companion to OTA Proliferation report, discusses technical components of CBW acquisition and use, including dual use
Biological Weapons and Modern Warfare
Executive research project for the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University. Reviews the use and development of biological agents with respect to the historical and current US BW program, advantages and disadvantages of BW,…
Excerpts from the USA Army Documents to Support de Jong's Claims
A collection of documents obtained from Peter Von Stackelberg, via Simon de Jong of the House of Commons of Ottawa, Canada. Includes a variety of press releases and articles for print, but also excerpts from US Army BW program documents.
Mass Destruction Terrorism Study
Provides a review of the issues of governmental response in the event of terrorist use of agents of mass destruction.
Health Aspects of Chemical and Biological Weapons
Report generated by the Director-General of the WHO in cooperation with the UN, aims to be more technical than was the UN report.
Report of the Secretary-General on Chemical and Bacteriological (Biological) Weapons and the Effects of Their Possible Use
This report provides an appraisal of the effects of chemical and biological weapons to inform governments of the potential consequences of their use.
Defense Against Chemical and Biological Warfare
This book chapter discusses the consequences of chemical and biological weapons research and the need for disarmament to prevent future attacks.
Chemical-Biological Warfare: U.S. Policies and International Effects
Congressional debate about whether the United States should ratify the 1925 Geneva Convention. General policies on CBW are also re-evaluated.
Chemical and Bacteriological (Biological) Weapons and the Effects of their Possible Use
The report aims to provide an easily understood appraisal of the effects of chemical and biological weapons and inform governments of the consequences of their use in order to advocate for disarmament.
Biological Agents
Discusses the main advantages, challenges, and technical approaches of BW development.
Project 112 - Evaluation of B-C Weapons
A series of memos that catalog results from a Working Group led by the Director of Defense Research and Engineering. Goals were to evaluate the biological and chemical weapons state of the art. Army, Navy, and Air Force participated and were tasked…
Problems of Antibacteriological Defense According to Data From Foreign Literature
This book written by a Soviet author provides a generalization of the information that has been published worldwide about the problem of the bacteriological weapon and the existing defense measures against it, in order to inform medical workers and…