Working Paper Submitted by Argentina
Item Details
Title
Working Paper Submitted by Argentina
Topics
The goal of this paper is to provide a method for assessing whether pathogens should remain listed as potential weapons.
Date
1997
Conclusions
This paper creates a formula that assigns different weights to different criteria for three different objectives: terrorism, strategic use, military tactics. Evaluates a set of plant pathogens as example for the output, which assigns probabilities for selection of agents by their characteristics.
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Source
Ad Hoc Group of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction. BWC/AD HOC Group/WP.216. Working Paper Submitted by Argentina. September 15, 1997.
Citation
“Working Paper Submitted by Argentina,” Collection of Biothreat Risk Assessments (COBRA), accessed October 16, 2024, https://cobrabiosecurity.org/items/show/451.