Questions tagged [biological-weapons]

A harmful biological agent (such as a pathogenic microorganism or a neurotoxin) used as a weapon to cause injury or death. Use for questions related specifically to the political aspects of biological weapons, such as arms control or regulations.

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What exactly constitutes a "Weapon of Mass Destruction?"

There was a huge controversy because we didn't find stockpiles of chemical weapons after saying there were WMDs. Now we have charged in court people who use an IED at a marathon with using weapons of ...
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Why hasn't Israel signed the biological weapons convention?

Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_parties_to_the_Biological_Weapons_Convention Refer to the section Non-signatory states Out of the 10 states listed there, the Ratification status of ...