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Indian Government Advances WMD Detection Effort
The Indian government has approved more than $6 million for producing technology for the rapid detection of biological, chemical or nuclear materials, the Press Trust of India reported yesterday (see GSN, March 24). “Under the project for NBC defense, [the Defense Research and Development Organization] has been tasked to develop quick and fast detection systems Read More »
- July 12, 2010
- | Filed under South Asia, Biological Weapons, and Countermeasures
Pennsylvania town simulates aerosolized anthrax attack
In an ambitious test of the Strategic National Stockpile’s response plan, the city of Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania, simulated the release of aerosolized anthrax this week. As part of the simulated scenario, a crop-dusting plane spread anthrax over sections of I-95, which led to the creation of a command center at the Delaware County Intermediate Unit. Read More »
- June 22, 2010
- | Filed under Biological Weapons