chemical agent of warfare
71Military Affairs — ▪ 2009 Introduction Russia and Georgia fought a short, intense war in 2008, fueling global fears of a new Cold War. On August 7 Georgia launched an aerial bombardment and ground attacks against its breakaway province of South Ossetia.… …
72Dugway Proving Ground — testing area encompasses a vast area of the western Utah desert. Dugway Proving Ground (DPG) is a US Army facility located approximately 85 miles (140 km) southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah in southern Tooele County and just north of… …
73Operational Test and Evaluation Force — (OPTEVFOR) seal Active December, 1947 – Present Country …
74Operation LAC — A C 119 Flying Boxcar, the type of plane used to release the chemicals Operation LAC (Large Area Coverage), was a U.S. Army Chemical Corps operation which dispersed microscopic zinc cadmium sulfide (ZnCdS) particles over much of the United States …
75Deseret Test Center — Not to be confused with Deseret Chemical Depot. The Deseret Test Center was a U.S. Army operated command in charge of testing chemical and biological weapons during the 1960s. Deseret was headquartered at Fort Douglas, Utah. Contents 1 History 2… …
76List of U.S. biological weapons topics — The United States had a biological weapons program from 1943 until 1969. Today, the nation is a member of the Biological Weapons Convention and has renounced biological warfare. Contents 1 Agencies and organizations 1.1 Military and government… …
772001 anthrax attacks — A letter sent to Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle containing anthrax powder killed two postal workers Location New York …
78Chemische Waffe — Warnzeichen der amerikanischen Streitkräfte für chemische Waffen Chemische Waffen sind meist künstlich hergestellte Giftstoffe, die gezielt zur Tötung oder Verletzung von Menschen eingesetzt werden. Sie gehören zu den ABC Waffen. In der… …
79biological weapon — Introduction also called germ weapon any of a number of disease producing agents such as bacteria, viruses (virus), rickettsiae (rickettsia), fungi (fungus), toxins (toxin), or other biological agents that may be utilized as weapons… …
80Operation Ranch Hand — Four plane defoliant run, part of Operation Ranch Hand …
