One of the first recorded uses of biological warfare occurred in 1347, when Mongol forces are reported to have catapulted plague-infested bodies over the walls into the Black Sea port of Caffa (now Feodosiya, Ukraine), at that time a Genoese trade centre in the Crimean Peninsula.
The international community banned the use of chemical and biological weapons after World War 1 and reinforced the ban in 1972 and 1993 by prohibiting their development, stockpiling and transfer.
The last known incident of using plague corpses for biological warfare may have occurred in 1710, when Russian forces attacked Swedish troops by flinging plague-infected corpses over the city walls of Reval (Tallinn) (although this is disputed).
Seventeen countries have had or are suspected of currently having a biological weapons programme. They include Canada, China, Cuba, France, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Libya, North Korea, Russia, South Africa, Syria, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Bioweapons such as Anthrax, Botulism and Variola have been studied as weapons, engineered and in some cases even deployed to devastating affect. Army-technology lists the world's most deadly bio-weapons.
Despite patchy intelligence, France started its own biological weapons programme in the early 1920s. It was headed by Auguste Trillat, an inventive German-educated chemist who envisioned and tested the sustained virulence of airborne pathogens.
Gene therapy involves repairing or replacing a gene of an organism, permanently changing its genetic composition. By replacing existing genes with harmful genes, this technique can be used to manufacture bioweapons (2).
The U.S. defeated most of the resolutions, arguing that Agent Orange was not a chemical or a biological weapon as it was considered a herbicide and a defoliant and it was used in effort to destroy plant crops and to deprive the enemy of concealment and not meant to target human beings.
Ebola threat as bioterrorist attack The virus is classified as category A bioterrorism threats by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for several reasons [1]. First, the filoviruses are highly lethal, causing severe hemorrhagic fever disease in humans and apes with high mortality rates (up to 90%).
End of the program (1969–1973) President Richard M. Nixon issued his "Statement on Chemical and Biological Defense Policies and Programs" on November 25, 1969 in a speech from Fort Detrick. The statement officially ended all U.S. offensive biological weapons programs.
Depending on the situation, wear a face mask to reduce inhaling or spreading germs. If you have been exposed to a biological agent, remove and bag your clothes and personal items. Follow official instructions for disposal of contaminated items. Wash yourself with soap and water and put on clean clothes.
In particular, the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) bans the development, production, acquisition, transfer, stockpiling and use of biological weapons. Therefore, the use of biological agents in armed conflict is a war crime.
Films — Animation. Lilo & Stitch: While cuter than most and he eventually has a Heel–Face Turn, Experiment 626, aka Stitch, was created as an illegal genetic experiment to be a virtually indestructible and super-strong Weapon of Mass Destruction.
It was genetically engineered by the criminal currently being held there; in the event of his capture, the beast is meant to track him down and self-destruct at the place of his imprisonment, killing everyone else in the vicinity .
The Deadly Spawn: The wormlike creatures are revealed in Word of God to be this for an invading alien race, Tyranid-style . Gamera: During the Heisei era, Gamera and the Gyaos had this origin as opposing Atlantean bioweapons.
The Hunger Games: During the rebellion which led to the creation of the titular Games, the Capitol bred a number of genetically engineered animals called muttations (commonly abbreviated to mutts) which were used as living weapons against the districts.
In Prometheus and Alien: Covenant, it's revealed that the Engineers created a mutagenic black goo called Chemical A0- 3959X.91 — 15, which was designed to gestate predatory monsters called Neomorphs to eradicate undesirable species.
For bonus points, the armor is a Restraining Bolt because they are too good a killbeast . Pokémon: Mewtwo's origin. He was cloned from the DNA of the mythical and nigh-all-powerful Pokemon Mew by scientists for Giovanni, the boss of Team Rocket.
Bioweapon Beast. An Attack Animal is useful, but sometimes what nature provides is lacking. So you create your own attack animal, genetically engineering existing organisms or creating your own. Maybe add some cybernetics just to make it even stronger.
NOTE: Due to there being several differences between the manga and anime adaptation, the History section has been split into two tabs.
Strength: They appear to be rather strong as one was able to send Shinjiro flying and pin him down despite his superhuman strength.
The Biological Weapon that appears in the anime is altered to further resemble Verokron. The King Crab -like one was also replaced by the Verokron lookalike.