Pentagon Appears Ready to Resume Open-Air Testing of Chemical & Biological Weapons

[Danascot]

The Pentagon has denied President Bush issued a directive for it to resume open-air testing of chemical and biological warfare(CBW) agents that were halted by President Richard Nixon in 1969. Yet, the Pentagon's stated preparations make it appear it is poised to do just that.

Resumption of open-air testing would reverse a long-standing moratorium adopted after a public outcry against them following accidents in the Sixties.

The Pentagon's annual report apparently calls for both the developmental and operational "field testing of (CBW) full systems," not just simulations.

The Pentagon's report to Congress contains the following passage: "More than thirty years have passed since outdoor live-agent chemical tests were banned in the United States, and the last outdoor test with live chemical agent was performed, so much of the infrastructure for the field testing of chemical detectors no longer exists or is seriously outdated. The currently budgeted improvements in the T&E infrastructure will greatly enhance both the developmental and operational field testing of full systems, with better simulated representation of threats and characterization of system response." "T&E" is an acronym for testing and evaluation.

"Either the military has resumed open-air testing already or they are preparing to do so," said Francis Boyle, a University of Illinois Professor of International Law who authored the implementing legislation for the U.S. Biological Weapons Convention signed into law by President George Bush Sr. and who has tracked subsequent developments closely.

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[robinlynne]

1. umm. Didn't we supposedly (supposedly being the operative word) just kill

a million Iraqui people, spend the entire treasury of our country, kill another 3.5 thousand american young people, force 3 million Iraqis to flee, close down our public support systems including schools, hospitals, and relief from hunger programs so we could stop WMDs?

[HCE SuiGeneris]

3. Depleted Uranium and war doesn't count.

We need greater resources for mass murder and suffering.
:mad:

[miles 2 go]

2. Like Tularemia Sept 24. 2005 Washington DC? ---------/NT

[spanone]

4. What is wrong with these people?

n/t

[Trillo]

5. They're going to let genetically engineered killing agents out into the wind?

Golly-gee wizs, I guess pharmaco profits must be down.

:tinfoilhat:

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

6. Some things I read,...just leave me,...completely speechless.

:wow: