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Anthrax
Anthrax is an infection caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis.
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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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Borden Institute
The Borden Institute is a U.S. Army “Center of Excellence in Military Medical Research and Education”.
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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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E120 bomblet
The E120 bomblet was a biological cluster bomb sub-munition developed to disseminate a liquid biological agent.
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E133 cluster bomb
The E133 cluster bomb was a U.S. biological weapon developed during the Cold War.
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E14 munition
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.
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Endospore
An endospore is a dormant, tough, and non-reproductive structure produced by certain bacteria from the Firmicute phylum.
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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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Jeanne Guillemin
Jeanne Harley Guillemin (born 1943) is a medical anthropologist and author, who for 25 years was a Professor of Sociology at Boston College and for the last ten years, a senior fellow in the at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Joseph Cirincione
Joseph Cirincione (born 13 November 1949) is the President of the Ploughshares Fund, a public grant-making foundation focused on nuclear weapons policy and conflict resolution.
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M114 bomb
The M114 bomb was a four-pound U.S. anti-personnel bomb and biological cluster bomb sub-munition.
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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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M33 cluster bomb
The M33 cluster bomb, also known as the (M33) Brucella cluster bomb, was a U.S. biological cluster bomb developed in the early 1950s and deployed in 1952.
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Maxwell Air Force Base
Maxwell Air Force Base, officially known as Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, is a United States Air Force (USAF) installation under the Air Education and Training Command (AETC).
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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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United States Air Force
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerial and space warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.
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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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United States Department of Defense
The Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD, or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government of the United States charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government concerned directly with national security and the United States Armed Forces.
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