By Hans M. Kristensen One of the last Chinese Second Artillery brigades with the old liquid-fuel DF-3A intermediate-range nuclear ballistic missile appears to have been upgraded to the newer DF-21 road-mobile, dual-capable, medium-range ballistic...

Developing a vaccine against any illness is difficult and time consuming but theneed for rapid vaccine production becomes even more important against emerging infectious diseases like H1N1 flu. One of the biggest hurdles in...

“Filoviruses, such as Ebola and Marburg virus, constitute serious threats to our national defense,” said Colonel Erin P. Edgar, commander of USAMRIID. “Development of cost-effective and versatile treatment options to combat these agents remains...

image: CCF-technologies.com One of the major problems faced during epidemic and pandemic outbreak of disease is overcoming the ‘cold chain’ issue both in the storage, as well as the distribution of vaccines. Bio-defence vaccines...

A Russian Tu-95MS long-range bomber drops an AS-15 Kent nuclear-capable cruise missiles from its bomb bay on May 8th. Six AS-15s were dropped from the bomb bay that day as part of a Russian...

image:www.neatorama.com “At the end of April, 2014, the WHO reported that about three-fourths of new cases of MERS-CoV were ‘secondary infections’ spread between people, mostly doctors and nurses at hospitals treating MERS patients. The...

Carte des opérations extérieures …read more From:: The Biological Warfare Blog: Black Six

For some time concern has been raised over 3D and 4D technologies, (withsynthetic biology the emerging technological forerunner of these concerns and the NSABB playing watchdog), with regard to how inherent de-skilling may reduce...

photo:www.ascenion..de “Medical intelligence, defined by the U.S. Department of Defence is ‘a category of intelligence resulting from collection, evaluation, analysis, and interpretation of foreign medical, bio-scientific, and environmental information this is of interest to...

http://www.slideshare.net/JillS13/mapping-irans-bio-warfare-complex Redacted Draft Copy A Brief Analysis of Iran’s Biological Warfare Complex and Biological Weapon Infrastructure “The revolution in molecular biology and biotechnology can be considered as a potential Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA)....

“In 1970, Anwar al Sadat reportedly stated that ‘Egypt has biological weapons stored in refrigerators and could use them against Israel’s crowded populations.(90) This statement was understood as a warning against a nuclear strike...

Unfortunately history is rife with the use of political prisoners in medical experiments. Under the Nazi regime unspeakable systematic atrocities were committed against Jewish prisoners by their German captors. David Kay who headed the...

Click image for larger version. By Hans M. Kristensen In our Nuclear Notebook on Russian nuclear forces from March this year, Robert S. Norris and I described the significant upgrade that’s underway in Russia’s...

Charles D. Ferguson, Ensuring the Security of Radioactive Sources: National and Global Responsibilities, USKI Working Paper Series, US-Korea Institute at SAIS, March 2012. A look at the national and international efforts to control and...

Charles D. Ferguson, Ensuring the Security of Radioactive Sources: National and Global Responsibilities, USKI Working Paper Series, US-Korea Institute at SAIS, March 2012. A look at the national and international efforts to control and...

New York City’s skyline has always been famous for its crowded office buildings and high-rises. …read more From:: Fire Engineering (CBRN)

VectorCommand, in UK operational command support software for the emergency services and the oil and gas industry, and VSTEP, developer of advanced emergency response training simulators, today announced an exclusive partnership to integrate their...

The range of potential threats makes chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) and hazmat response training a challenging business. …read more From:: Fire Engineering (CBRN)

The range of potential threats makes chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) and hazmat response training a challenging business. …read more From:: Fire Engineering (CBRN)

The graphic images of dead women and children released in the wake of the sarin gas attack that was conducted in the suburbs of Damascus last year provide a timely reminder of the impact...