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7/27/2019 Adnt n Diadv of Biological Warfare
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Adv & disadv of biological warfare
Kang FairuzWalter Linggahan Sogudil
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Definition of Bio-terrorism
Bio-terrorism is the threat or use of biological agents byindividuals or groups motivated by political, religious,ecological, social, or for other ideological objectives to instillfear or cause illness or death in order to achieve theirobjective.
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Biological Weapons
Consists of either living organisms that can reproduce,such as bacteria, or viruses, or toxic materialsproduced by living organisms, such as toxins orphysiologically active proteins or peptides.
Viruses Venezuelan Equine Enchephalitis (VeryLethal)
Bacteria Bacillus anthracis (Anthrax)
Toxins Staphylococcal Enterotoxin and BotulinumToxin
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ADVANTAGES OFBIOLOGICAL WEAPON
AGENTS
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Efficient
Efficient to kill targeted enemy.
Hypothesized that one gram of purified botulinumtoxin could kill 10 million people. This is
approximately 3 million times more deadly thanSarin, a popular nerve agent.
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Cheapest
Biological weapons are the cheapest of thelot.
Ex: To "affect 1 square kilometer- $2000using conventional weapons, $800 usingnuclear weapons, $600 using chemicalweapons, $1 using biological weapons.
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Easy to produce
Easy to produce, quantify andweaponize, they are also alarmingly
easy to conceal.Equipment used to produce virusesand other such pathogens are "dual-
use", meaning that they can be bothused for illegal or legitimate purposes.
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Self replicating capacity.
Conventional weapon kill few hundredpeople, maim thousands of others, disrupttraffic and stop.
Biological agents, on the other hand, canspread from person to person. (Think of
AIDS). Finally, become epidemic.
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Difficult of immediatelydetecting
limitations in fielding amultiagent sensor
system on the battlefield. Prolonged incubationperiod preceding onset of
illness (or the slow onsetof symptoms) with somebiological agents.
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DISADVANTAGES
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Unpredictable
Risk of accidentallyinjure the population ofthe country that
launched the attack.
Genetically modaifiedbiological agents could
mutate and spread out ofcontrol in the globalpopulation
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Environmentally unfriendly
Finally, they could negatively affectthe environment, infecting wildlife
in the target area and upsettingthe surrounding ecosystem.
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Time
Requires relativelylong incubation
periods.
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Longevity
Anthrax, for example, can live for up to50 years in soil.
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Dependency
The dependence on prevailing windsand other weather conditions on
effective dispersion
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Negative reputation
They have a highly negative reputation ininternational circles, and any country thatemployed them would be condemned by
the international community.