Biological warfare

Native American Tribes. When a smallpox epidemic occurred at Fort Pitt (located in what is now Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) in June of 1763, Captain Ecuyer sent blankets from the hospitals to Native Americans” (Decker 96). This example proves that biological warfare got used in the past as a weapon. The captain hoped to infect the Native Americans with smallpox. This example does not stand alone. “A more recent U.S. biological attack occurred just after the Al Qaeda attacks of September 11, 2001, on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. An unknown actor mailed a powder containing infectious anthrax spores to two U.S. senators and several media outlets” (Nardo 11). This attack also represents an example of biological warfare. The attackers…

Man has used biological weapons such as poisons for assassinating enemies for hundreds of years. Since the beginning of time, biological warfare has been a preferred method to annihilate populations at a time. Biological warfare, also known as germ warfare, is described as using biological agents like bacteria, viruses and fungi as biological weapons on a large scale to defeat the enemy. The main intention of such is to cause casualties by the medium of air, water, cattle or crops. The history…

Biological warfare, despite it’s modern sounding name, has been the world’s cheapest and most effective method of widespread killing for centuries, and reports of countries utilizing disease as a weapon date all the way back to the 1100s (and perhaps even beyond written record). Although ancient in origin, that does not mean the threat of widespread, virus-induced destruction is no longer a threat for the United States-- and the world as a whole. Treaties have been signed by all the major…

How American Biological Warfare Began in 1763 Biological warfare might appear as a notion straight out of fiction novels such as, “Project Blue” from Stephen King’s The Stand, or the plague, “Pale Mare” from George R. R. Martin’s A Dance With Dragons, but in America, it is a concept that has been utilized since the denouement of The French and Indian War. Although, in American history, the year 1763 is often associated with the conclusion of the Seven Years’ War and the conception of Pontiac’s…

There are many ways of getting sick such as airborne, touching someone. For a long time this is how people have gotten a cold or chicken pox. As medicine is readily available to aid in the recovery of an illness. Viruses can become resistant to medicine just as our bodies could resist to some sicknesses. In the book Biological Terrorism by Steve Goodwin and Randall W. Phillis they present a history of microorganism used to help cure diseases and misused by Medics, and biological warfare. To…

Use of biological weapons may have seemed like child’s play compared to the looming threat of total nuclear war, but it had more precedence during the era than one would expect. Although biological weapons are overshadowed by nuclear warfare concerns, they were and can be significant threats and assets to America’s national security. Biological weapons are known for their inconspicuousness and effectiveness, yet their lethalness is still overlooked…

Abstracts: This paper is to explain what a biological weapon is and how it affects environment, humans, and the economy. Along with explaining how the disease is spread from person to person, promoting illness. With a little bit of history on biological weapons, and my views on biological weapons. A biological weapon is also known as a germ weapon. This is when bacteria, viruses, fungi, or toxins can be used as a weapon against, animals, plants of humans. The use of infectious agents were used…

involvement in Al-Qaeda to future technological advancements in the year 2026. I begin by showing the progression of technology following events such as 9/11, focusing primarily on warfare and the different technology that changes the field, followed by future projections of technology in 2026 and how this will shape future military training styles, society, geopolitical factors, transportation, and so on. This is followed by ramifications as well as benefits caused by technological…

vaccine he had created with weakened anthrax bacteria (Sowards, 2015). He did not vaccinate the other group of 25 animals, the control group (Soawrds, 2015). From there, Pasteur injected both groups on animals with live anthrax bacteria and all of the vaccinated animals survived while the unvaccinated animals died” (Sowards, 2015). It is important to note, that it is believed by some that French veterinarian Jean Joseph Henri Toussaint actually created the first anthrax vaccine (Sowards, 2015).…

anthrax, showing an effective rate of 92.5% (CDC, 2016). This vaccine only became available for goat hair mill workers, after the study was done. Finally, we proceed to the 1970s, where an updated version of the anthrax vaccine became available. This 1970s vaccine is still used to this day (CDC, 2013). Biological warfare and bioterrorism are best associated with anthrax. During World War I, anthrax was used as an act of aggression for the first time. An effort was made in 1925 to limit the…