bacteriological weapons

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• bacteriological weapons — weapons which are based on harmful bacteria which will spread disease after the bomb is dropped …   English contemporary dictionary

• Chemical weapons in World War I — A poison gas attack using gas cylinders in World War I. The use of chemical weapons in World War I ranged from disabling chemicals, such as tear gas and the severe mustard gas, to lethal agents like phosgene and chlorine. This chemical warfare… …   Wikipedia

• United States and weapons of mass destruction — The federal government of the United States is known to have possessed three types of weapons of mass destruction: nuclear weapons, chemical weapons and biological weapons. The U.S. is the only country to have used nuclear weapons in combat. The… …   Wikipedia

• Australia and weapons of mass destruction — Australia is not currently known or believed to possess weapons of mass destruction, although it has participated in extensive research into nuclear, biological and chemical weapons in the past. Australia currently chairs the Australia Group, an… …   Wikipedia

• Biological Weapons Convention — For other uses, see BWC (disambiguation). Biological Weapons Convention Signed April 10, 1972 Location London, Moscow, and Washington, D.C. Effective March 26, 1975 Condition Ratification by 22 states Parties 165 as of October 2011 (Complete… …   Wikipedia

• Biological Weapons Convention — ▪ international agreement formally,  Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction        international treaty that bans the use of… …   Universalium

• Chemical weapons in the Rif War — During the Third Rif War in Spanish Morocco between 1921 and 1927, the Spanish Army of Africa dropped chemical warfare agents in an attempt to put down the Riffian Berber rebellion led by guerrilla leader Abd el Krim.[1] These attacks in 1924… …   Wikipedia

• war, law of — Introduction       that part of international law dealing with the inception, conduct, and termination of warfare. Its aim is to limit the suffering caused to combatants and, more particularly, to those who may be described as the victims of war… …   Universalium

• arms control — 1. any plan, treaty, or agreement to limit the number, size, or type of weapons or armed forces of the participating nations. 2. the measures taken to limit the weapons systems or armed forces. * * * Limitation of the development, testing,… …   Universalium

• Second Sino-Japanese War — Part of the Pacific War of World War II (from 1941) …   Wikipedia

• Unit 731 — The Unit 731 complex Location Pingfang Coordinates …   Wikipedia