The Wuhan lab is providing extensive training on manipulation of pathogens and bio-informatics to Pakistani scientists to help Pakistan develop its own virus collection database. Anthrax attacks have happened in the past but the above China-Pakistan agreement also includes that collaboration is not necessarily limited to stated objectives and new thematic research to monitor potential new diseases can be added by either party.
This provides the handle for developing newer deadly viruses and biological weapons. There is little doubt that biological weaponisation of Pakistan by China is aimed primarily to target India but it is also aimed at the US and allies and all those countries China considers hindrance in its race to dominate the world. It is quite possible that China may have established similar secret biological research facility in North Korea as well. China has established the strategic reach and lethality of biological weapons even above nuclear weapons by releasing the coronavirus from Wuhan in No one will understand this better than the US reeling under the pandemic.
China has thrown the gauntlet to the world at large. Its worldwide biological attack clearly indicates it has no respect for humanity. This should be a wakeup call for collective concrete action. Disclaimer: The author is veteran of Indian Army. Since the s, the U. Sign Up. Want to dive deeper? Countries must destroy or divert to peaceful purposes all agents, toxins, weapons, equipment, and means of delivery within nine months after the entry into force of the convention.
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In the United States, treaty ratification requires approval by the president after he or she has received the advice and consent of two-thirds of the Senate. See entries for Entry into force and Signature. Biological weapon BW Biological weapons use microorganisms and natural toxins to produce disease in humans, animals, or plants. Biological weapons can be derived from: bacteria anthrax, plague, tularemia ; viruses smallpox, viral hemorrhagic fevers ; rickettsia Q fever and epidemic typhus ; biological toxins botulinum toxin, staphylococcus enterotoxin B ; and fungi San Joaquin Valley fever, mycotoxins.
These agents can be deployed as biological weapons when paired with a delivery system, such as a missile or aerosol device.
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