Next Generation Bioweapons: The Technology of Genetic Engineering Applied to Biowarfare and Bioterrorism

Next Generation Bioweapons: The Technology of Genetic Engineering Applied to Biowarfare and Bioterrorism

From the USAF Counterproliferation Papers. The author provides accounts of genetic engineering experiments performed in Soviet Russia's BW program and then discusses the future potentialities of biological weapons offensively and defensively.

2002

Genetic engineering is becoming the new face of bioweapons development, and more attention should be given to its research and development. Cloning, modification of viruses to create antibiotic resistance, and even chimeras are some of the complex changes that can be made to the human genome. The author also shares accounts from scientists that worked for the Soviets as they secretly ran BW operations, and all emphasize the need for more focus on this growing field.