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1945 About Bacteriological Warfare.pdf
This is series of documents that was obtained through intelligence efforts from the Germans. A German professor (Kliewe) had translated, with commentary, a number of Japanese documents about their biological warfare operations.

2023 Application of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Techniques and Decision Support Framework for Informing Select Agent Designation for Agricultural Animal Pathogens.pdf
This report assesses the utility of multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) and decision support framework (DSF) in assisting the US Department of Agriculture in its reviews of select agents. It uses the method to assess 41 pathogens against 21…

2022 Application of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Techniques for Informing Select Agent Designation and Decision Making.pdf
Gives information on updates regarding the Division of Select Agents and Toxins' select agent scoring and ranking system. The review is contextualized by abundant criticism of the 2008 Bioterrorism Risk Assessment for overly complex modeling, lack of…

1946 Appreciation of Biological Warfare.pdf
This report aims to determine the War Department policy for the use of Biological Warfare.

2005 Assessing the Biological Weapons and Bioterrorism Threat.pdf
Author examines U.S. biodefense program and threats coming from foreign BW weapons programs. They take a specific look at the potentialities of bioweapons in the hands of terrorists and nonstate actors.

2000 Assessment of the Emerging Biocruise Threat.pdf
From the USAF Counterproliferation Papers. Discusses the attempt by rogue nations to acquire land-attack crew missiles (LACMs).

Evaluates possibility of BW in response to public interest/concern. Reviews practical limitations to development and use of biological weapons. Covers Intestinal Disease, Respiratory Disease, Insect-Transmitted Disease, Infective (Non-Communicable)…

Looks at bioweaponry in the context of state-sponsored warfare. Created a scoring matrix to evaluate weaponization potential where agents were ranked from 0-3 across 12 risk attributes by NATO biodefense experts.

2013 Biodefense Worldwide Threats and Countermeasure Efforts for the Department of Defense.pdf
This hearing before the Subcommittee on Intelligence, Emerging Threats, and Capabilities discussed the threat of biological weapons attacks from state and nonstate actors.

1969 Biological Agents.pdf
Discusses the main advantages, challenges, and technical approaches of BW development.

1947 Biological Warfare Research in the United States, Vol. II.pdf
This report summarizes the research and development in biological warfare undertaken by the Chemical Corps and the circumstances that made this research necessary.

1991 Biological Weapons and Modern Warfare.pdf
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,…

1998 Biological Weapons, the Threat Posed by Terrorists_ Hearing Before the Subcommittee.pdf
Hearing on the threat of BW attack on the United States, contextualized by recent events in Las Vegas.

2021 BioRAM Security User Guide.pdf
This article describes BioRAM, a tool to assist biorisk officers in the in the identification, the understanding, and the communication of biorisks present in a laboratory and how to mitigate those risks.

Also known as the Fink Report, presented findings of the Committee on Research Standards and Practices to Prevent the Destructive Application of Biotechnology, which investigated the risks of misuse of biotechnology research.

1998 Bioterrorism as a Public Health Threat.pdf
This report assesses the threat of bioterrorism to the United States with a particular focus on smallpox and anthrax.

1960 Chemical, Biological, Radiological (CBR) Warfare and its Disarmament Aspects.pdf
Provides a post-World War analysis of CBR, including the United States' policies leading up to World War II and its current stances. The document also defines CBR and provides a general run-down of current agents that are threats to the U.S. and the…

1952 Civil Defense Aspects of Biological, Chemical, and Radiological Warfare Against Crops, Animals, and Man - Part IV.pdf
Project East River was initiated to "evaluate and recommend the optimum combination of non-military measures" to assist the National Security Resources Board and the Federal Civil Defense Administration with discharging their CEBAR responsibilities.…

This provides a primer on 10 different biological weapon's symptoms to aid in a prompt clinical diagnosis.
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