Operation Seaspray was a military experiment that tested biological weapons over San Francisco in the 1950s. While meant to ...

Sep. 18—As D-Day drew near, Gen. George C. Marshall, the Army chief of staff, dispatched a messenger to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower in London. Eisenhower was instructed to meet alone with the messenger, ...

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, of the National Institutes of Health, is accepting grant applications for research on infectious agents that are used as weapons of ...

The Joint Biological Tactical Detection System is ready to go into production. It’s been 20 years in the making, but the Army is about to get its first lightweight, low-cost, man-portable defense ...

RECENT repeated allegations that the United Nations has been using germs of disease as a weapon of warfare against man have brought the subject of biological warfare into prominence. This is one form ...

Microbial strains in the context of biological warfare are among the most dangerous applications of biotechnology with a military nature, involving the use of microorganisms (such as bacteria, viruses ...

In the Biden era, the government feared AI models would guide the spread of chemical, biological or nuclear weapons. President Trump signed an order on “Preventing Woke A.I. in the Federal Government.

THE dark side of progress is man’s spectacular skill at devising better and better ways to kill other men. The nuclear bomb, unfortunately, is not the end of it. There is also chemical and biological ...

A new technique for rapid, on-the-spot detection of dangerous biological substances could give a major boost to anti-terrorist operations worldwide. Harnessing the ability of coated metal particles to ...

One of the most frequent ploys in encouraging public acceptance of weapons programs is to present them as defensive. Shulman's article states that "most of this research focuses on the development of ...

Harris Corp. will assist the Army detect biological warfare agents as the result of a $9 million order for its high-frequency radios. Harris will provide Falcon II 400-watt AN/PRC-150 HF systems to ...

Mustard gas, sarin, hemorrhagic fever viruses, vomiting agents, biological toxins the weapons described in Chemical and Biological Warfare: A Comprehensive Survey for the Concerned Citizen will make a ...