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Table 2.3
Standardized weapons
Standardized and/or weaponized: antipersonnel
Bacillus anthracis:
lethal
Francisella tularensis:
lethal
Brucella suis:
incapacitating
Coxiella burnetii:
incapacitating
Yellow fever virus: lethal
Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus: incapacitating
Botulinum toxin: lethal
Staphylococcal enterotoxin Type B: incapacitating
Saxitoxin: lethal
Standardized and/or weaponized: antiplant
Puccinia graminis
var.
tritici:
stem rust of wheat
Piricularia oryzae:
rice blast disease
development of an adequate biological and chemical deterrent capability,
to include cost estimates, and appraisal of domestic and international po-
litical consequences.”
127
The working committee, convened by the JCS, recommended that “the
nation enter on both a short-term crash program in biological agent man-
ufacture and munitions production and a five-year program of research,
testing, and development of new chemical and biological weapons sys-
tems.”
128
During this final period of the offensive phase, the BW program
received the highest amount of support in its history. Detrick personnel
were confident that they were making progress. The recent tests had
proved highly satisfactory: BW agents could be effectively disseminated.
Nevertheless the stockpiles of biological agents and weapons were still
not impressive. And the uncertainty factor remained: How would these
agents function on the battlefield?
Defensive Phase: 1969-2003
Policy
Shortly after the Nixon administration took office, Secretary of De-
fense Melvin Laird wrote to the president's national security advisor,
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