Biological warfare

Nearly one-fifth of the human genome is privately owned (Crichton 441). Gene patenting is a relatively new concept and controversial one at that. Many scholars have very strong opinions on this topic, two of these scholars being: Harvard graduate and novelist Michael Crichton and a former resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and staff economist John E. Calfee. Both scholars have written extremely compelling essays on the topic. Crichton’s essay “Patenting Life”, gives an…

Bloodstain Pattern Analysis also known as BPA is defined as the diameter and shape of blood splatters, which reflects the origin and trajectory of external blood flow in the context of homicide or violent death, in which the skin surface is disrupted (Medical dictionary https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Bloodstain+Pattern ). The development of bloodstain pattern analysis dates back to nearly 150 years ago in history and through the years there have been many studies, developments,…

the new seen weapons. During the war, Germany first started using biological weapons against the allied teams causing unknow deaths and casualties. A website states, “The Germans used mustard gas for the first time in 1917… eventually you would see red spots forming on your skin that quickly turned into painful blisters… rendering troops incapacitated,” (Howstuffworks 1). This quote explains how Germans were the first to use biological weapons during the First World War and the specific toxin…

PAST: The United States Chemical Corps begins its lineage in World War I. During this conflict, trench warfare was the primary means of gaining ground and remaining protected on the war front. In order to combat the long and tiring battles of trench warfare, axis powers began using chemical weapons to draw allied forces out of the trenches or to kill them with the effects of the chemicals themselves. After these types of attacks became more relevant within World War I, the U.S. developed the…

clean up the anthrax contamination but the tests proved that anthrax could be produced, weaponized and transported quite a distance to inflict damage to a target location (Mangold & Goldberg, 2000). The Soviet Union had an immense “secret” biological warfare development program where plenty of attention was devoted to anthrax due to its survivability and resistant properties. An incident that sparked…

Advancements in Medieval Warfare; The Trebuchet Throughout the Middle Ages, the art of warfare progressed, and siege warfare was introduced. Many new weapons were created along with the introduction of siege warfare, one of them being the trebuchet. This weapon was developed in the seventh century and used until the fifteenth century. Trebuchets worked by flinging objects over fortress walls and destroying both the fortifications and people at the same time. As many weapons there were both…

present day. The introduction of prosthetics helped give soldiers the ability to move once more and with the invention of the x-ray, injures on the front lines became noticeable. Tanks created a safe way to travel and with the establishment of biological warfare, battles were changed forever. Lastly, WWI left a…

In the days of asymmetrical warfare: chemical weapons are a mainstay. Chemical warfare has introduced a powerful weapon called blood agents; considered one of the most deadly. No one organization is a primary source of blood agents, but they are a threat of the destruction of organs within a living organism; the human body. The reduced cost of warfare by these agents increases the bang for the buck with less quantity storage or hiding in plain sight made accessible. Past events such as the Tokyo…

chemical weapons in warfare, which is an incredibly controversial topic. And so, this article lead me to research chemical warfare. As I gathered my research, I realized that…

Chemical Warfare: An “Unconvential” threat Throughout the history of war, techniques and use of weapons in warfare have been improved over the years. Although some weapons and certain techniques are entirely new, the use of certain weapons such as Chemical Warfare have been around since WW1. Many have thought of Chemical Weapons as being too dangerous while others think it is necessary and essential to modern warfare. What threats does Chemical warfare pose to soldiers and civilians around the…