Biological warfare

use of biological toxins or infectious agents with the intent to kill as an act of war

false information about the pandemic caused by coronavirus disease 2019

treaty banning production of bioweapons

treaty prohibiting the use of chemical and biological weapons in international armed conflicts

war crimes trial held in December 1949

KGB disinformation campaign

1979 accidental release of anthrax in the Soviet Union

The All-Union Science Production Association Biopreparat (, , ) was a Soviet agency created in April 1974, which spearheaded the largest and most sophisticated offensive biological warfare program known. It was a vast, ostensibly civilian, network employing 30–40,000 personnel and incorporating five major military-focused research institutes, numerous design and instrument-making facilities, three pilot plants and five dual-use production plants. The network pursued major offensive research and development programs with genetically engineered microbial strains to be resistant to an array of an

rejected AIDS origin hypotheses

vaccine

Type of theoretical bioweapon that aims to harm only or primarily people of specific ethnicities or genotypes

epidemic in Hittite Empire

smallpox outbreak from a Soviet bioweapon test

malicious manipulation of potable water resources

short story by Jack London

attack during the Second Sino-Japanese War

2003 conspiracy theory regarding the SARS virus

biological warfare operation

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defunct South African chemical weapons programme

senior-level U.S. bio-terrorist attack simulation exercise

Allegations of US biological warfare

1346 siege of Genoese colony Caffa