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U.S. Intel Chief Warns of Syrian Bioweapons Threat

(GlobalSecurityNewswire) The Syrian government might have a restricted capacity to manufacture weaponized disease agents for use against its enemies, U.S. National Intelligence Director James Clapper said on Tuesday. “Based on the duration of Syria’s longstanding biological warfare program, we judge that some elements of the program may have advanced beyond the research and development stage  Read More »

Iran’s secret ballistic missile base

(WND) WND has learned of the existence of a secret ballistic missile base in Iran’s Semnan Province to which the Islamic regime has moved missiles armed with microbial warheads. The Badr base, a center for air defense which has about 50 underground missile silos housing Iran’s Shahab 3 ballistic missiles, serves as Iran’s second-largest missile-launching  Read More »

Syrian WMD Facility Affected in Israeli Attack, U.S. Officials Say

(GlobalSecurityNewswire) A suspected key Syrian site for development of biological and chemical arms seemingly sustained some level of harm last week during an Israeli airstrike on a transport of antiaircraft weapons, the New York Times reported on Sunday. Previous reports have indicated the Jan. 30 strike was focused on vehicles believed to be carry weapons  Read More »

Cameroon Joins Biological Weapons Convention

(Global Security Newswire) Cameroon as of last week has become the 167th member nation to the Biological Weapons Convention, the United Nations announced. “The United States, as depository government, confirmed the accession of Cameroon to the convention” on Jan. 18, according to a statement from the U.N. Office at Geneva. The Biological Weapons Convention prohibits  Read More »

New Way to Test Airborne Pathogen Sensors Slated for BioWatch Program

(National Defense Magazine) The test and evaluation community for the past 70 years has used one method to find out whether sensors designed to detect weaponized pathogens work as advertised. It is not a simple task. One can’t walk out into a field and release live anthrax spores into the air. That would obviously endanger  Read More »