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Chemical & Biological Warfare Essay, Research Paper


Chemical & Biological Warfare


Ever since the beginning of time people have used


tools, which were later called weapons. People have


used weapons to defend his or her life, family,


property, prosperity, country, and even his honor.


Over the years weapons have improved greatly and


people are still trying to make them even better. In


earlier times when man started using weapons they were


made of stones, sticks, fire, or whatever was


available to them. Now, the weapons I speak of weren t


as harmful and deadly as the weapons of today, but as


the old story goes, David did kill the giant Goliath


with a sling-shot and a stone. These weapons could


still kill someone if they didn t receive the proper


attention, because of the infections they would cause.


Some of the weapons used now are very powerful and


deadly to any living things; some that could wipe out


entire cities. Good examples of these types of weapons


are chemical and biological weapons. The power of


these type of


weapons would be fatal to anything it comes across.


These weapons hold so much power that humans and other


living things would die and not even realize it was


coming. Chemical and Biological weapons have been used


in war many a time in which mankind had the chance to


see their power and their harmfulness. These types of


weapons are very powerful and undetectable in most


cases and could be made from mostly any virus or


chemical.


Humans have seen the power of chemical and


biological weapons on a many occasions. If any of


these kind of weapons are used in any certain area the


chances of survival are very limited, because most of


the chemicals and viruses used to make these weapons


are deadly. The U.N. and other major world


organizations have created many laws and rules against


the use in any way of chemical and biological weapon


use. Over the past few years the U.N. had to keep it s


eyes on a few countries that were trying to make and


use these weapons. Some of these countries even had


the chance to use these weapons. Countries like Iran,


which in 1993 used chemical weapons on a small village


killing over 1500 people (War Marvels, History


Channel). If one has ever seen what some of these


chemicals and viruses do to all living things then I


believe, that they would consider not using these


extremely deadly weapons of war.


The most impressive and scary fact about chemical


and biological weapons is that most of them, when


used, are undetectable to every human sense possible.


They cannot be seen, smelled, or even tasted. During


the Gulf War the United States created many devices


for de

tection and protection in case of chemical or


biological weapon attack. One of these inventions was


a small box that would work kind of like a smoke


detector. In the case of an attack, this small box


would make a loud noise, which would let soldiers know


that some kind of chemical or virus had been dropped.


Another invention was a suit that would prevent


soldiers from breathing or making any contact with the


outside air where the weapon had been dropped. When


chemical or biological weapons are dropped on a


certain area, people don t realize it until they see


other people dropping to the ground and by the time


they realize what is happening, it is too late to try


to escape.


Some of the chemicals used to create these weapons


of destruction are chloride (in its gas state),


ammonium, nitrogen, and many other combinations of


chemicals. These chemicals will make people sick or


kill them by poisoning them. When making biological


weapons, people use viruses, diseases, and bacteria


like the Ebola virus and other deadly virus that


attack the human body by skin contact or breathing.


Ways that these weapons can be used could be by


dropping them from airplanes or launching it in a


missile head. When put into the air these types of


gases or viruses will descend to the ground and kill


anything that is living: humans, animals, plants, or


anything else that may need or give off oxygen.


Making or using these types of weapons anywhere in


the world is illegal, because in 1993 more than 120


countries signed a treaty banning the production,


stockpiling, and use of chemical weapons and


establishing an independent organization to make sure


that everyone follows the treaty. The United States


and many other countries are getting rid of all their


chemical weapons. The U.N. is trying to regulate any


country with these types of weapons, but many


countries have either refused or lied about doing it.


It is a slow process, because it takes a lot of time


and money in order to get rid of or neutralize


chemical and biological weapons. Countries in the


Middle East are the ones with the largest amounts of


these types of weapons. The U.N. is actually doing a


good job by trying to have all countries get rid of


these weapons, because a lot of innocent people are


being killed or have already died from the use of


these deadly weapons. This is why these weapons of


destruction are being destroyed or put away so that no


one will suddenly decide to launch some, do major


damage, and take many innocent lives. Although


chemical and biological weapons could stop a war, is


it really worth killing so many innocent people just


because they are titled the enemy .

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