US Army Orders Lots of Anthrax

Sponge Bob

Must start mixing it up in a bucket, they pay top $$$ for it

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/26/anthrax_shopping_spree/

But hark I hear one say, did the US not sign a treaty outlawing Biological Weapons and yadda yadda yadda and is this not as egregious a breach of the Biological Weapons Convention as the Iranian breach of the Nuclear Non whatsits convention thingy .

Alan Pearson, programme director for biological and chemical weapons at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation in Washington DC, says the contracts raise serious questions about the US' commitment to the Biological Weapons Convention.

Why of course it is but the US has stopped signing treaties and recognising those it already signed or has nobody heard ????

Speaking to New Scientist, Hammond asked: "What would happen to the Biological Weapons Convention if other countries followed suit and built large biological production facilities at secretive military bases known for weapons testing?"

Well if they did it then they would be in breach of their international treaty obligations and would probably be threatened by the US no less.

fly_agaric

Sponge Bob wrote:

Must start mixing it up in a bucket, they pay top $$$ for it

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/26/anthrax_shopping_spree/

"I made a few quick calculations on my notepad. At least 400 kg of anthrax, prepared in dried form for use as an aerosol, would be required for 10 warheads (in a single SS18 mirv ICBM)."

Ken Alibek - Biohazard