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E14 munition

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The E14 munition was a cardboard sub-munition (air-dropped or ground-launched munitions that eject smaller submunitions) developed by the United States biological weapons program as an anti-crop weapon. [1]

30 relations: Actuator, Aedes aegypti, Animal Diversity Web, Army Chemical Review, Biological agent, Biological warfare, Bubonic plague, Cluster munition, Dengue fever, Dugway Proving Ground, E120 bomblet, E23 munition, E61 anthrax bomblet, E86 cluster bomb, Entomological warfare, FindArticles, Flettner rotor bomblet, Korean War, M143 bomblet, Operation Big Buzz, Operation Big Itch, Pathogen, Piston, Rat flea, The Smoking Gun, United States biological weapons program, University of Sydney, Vector (epidemiology), Westmead Hospital, Yellow fever.

Actuator

An actuator is a component of a machine that is responsible for moving and controlling a mechanism or system, for example by opening a valve.

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Aedes aegypti

Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito, is a mosquito that can spread dengue fever, chikungunya, Zika fever, Mayaro and yellow fever viruses, and other disease agents.

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Animal Diversity Web

Animal Diversity Web (ADW) is an online database that collects the natural history, classification, species characteristics, conservation biology, and distribution information on thousands of species of animals.

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Army Chemical Review

Army Chemical Review is prepared twice a year by the United States Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) School and the Maneuver Support Center, Directorate of Training, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

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Biological agent

A biological agent—also called bio-agent, biological threat agent, biological warfare agent, biological weapon, or bioweapon—is a bacterium, virus, protozoan, parasite, or fungus that can be used purposefully as a weapon in bioterrorism or biological warfare (BW).

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Biological warfare

Biological warfare (BW)—also known as germ warfare—is the use of biological toxins or infectious agents such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi with the intent to kill or incapacitate humans, animals or plants as an act of war.

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Bubonic plague

Bubonic plague is one of three types of plague caused by bacterium Yersinia pestis.

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Cluster munition

A cluster munition is a form of air-dropped or ground-launched explosive weapon that releases or ejects smaller submunitions.

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Dengue fever

Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne tropical disease caused by the dengue virus.

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Dugway Proving Ground

Dugway Proving Ground (DPG) is a U.S. Army facility established in 1942 to test biological and chemical weapons, located about 85 miles (140 km) southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah and 13 miles south of the 2,624 sq mi Utah Test and Training Range forming the largest overland special use airspace in the United States.

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E120 bomblet

The E120 bomblet was a biological cluster bomb sub-munition developed to disseminate a liquid biological agent.

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E23 munition

The E23 munition was a cardboard sub-munition developed by the United States biological weapons program for use as an anti-crop weapon.

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E61 anthrax bomblet

The E61 anthrax bomblet was an American biological sub-munition for the E133 cluster bomb.

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E86 cluster bomb

The E86 cluster bomb was an American biological cluster bomb first developed in 1951.

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Entomological warfare

Entomological warfare (EW) is a type of biological warfare that uses insects to attack the enemy.

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FindArticles

FindArticles was a website which provided access to articles previously published in over 3,000 magazines, journals, and other sources.

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Flettner rotor bomblet

The Flettner rotor bomblet was a U.S. biological sub-munition that was never mass-produced.

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Korean War

The Korean War (in South Korean, "Korean War"; in North Korean, "Fatherland: Liberation War"; 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was a war between North Korea (with the support of China and the Soviet Union) and South Korea (with the principal support of the United States).

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M143 bomblet

The M143 bomblet was a biological cluster bomb sub-munition developed by the United States during the 1960s.

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Operation Big Buzz

Operation Big Buzz was a U.S. military entomological warfare field test conducted in the U.S. state of Georgia in 1955.

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Operation Big Itch

Operation Big Itch was a U.S. entomological warfare field test using uninfected fleas to determine their coverage and survivability as a vector for biological agents.

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Pathogen

In biology, a pathogen (πάθος pathos "suffering, passion" and -γενής -genēs "producer of") or a '''germ''' in the oldest and broadest sense is anything that can produce disease; the term came into use in the 1880s.

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Piston

A piston is a component of reciprocating engines, reciprocating pumps, gas compressors and pneumatic cylinders, among other similar mechanisms.

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Rat flea

A rat flea is a parasite of rodents.

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The Smoking Gun

The Smoking Gun is a website that posts legal documents, arrest records, and police mugshots on a daily basis.

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United States biological weapons program

The United States biological weapons program officially began in spring 1943 on orders from U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt.

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University of Sydney

The University of Sydney (informally, USyd or USYD) is an Australian public research university in Sydney, Australia.

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Vector (epidemiology)

In epidemiology, a disease vector is any agent that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen into another living organism; most agents regarded as vectors are organisms, such as intermediate parasites or microbes, but it could be an inanimate medium of infection such as dust particles.

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Westmead Hospital

Westmead Hospital is a major tertiary hospital in Sydney, Australia.

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Yellow fever

Yellow fever is a viral disease of typically short duration.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E14_munition

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