The world is a safer place thanks to the effective implementation of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC). The convention, which was opened for signature in 1972, prohibits the ...
Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Rapid advances in biological science and technology have led to new and improved ...
The diffusion of military technologies into the civilian sector was of a “semi-military” character. Dual-purpose technologies were then developed in the civil sector that could be used for military ...