In the last few years, global concern about biological weapons has increased rapidly. Especially since the pandemic like Covid-19 shook the whole world, the apprehension has started deepening that in future some country, especially a militarily and technologically powerful nation like china, may use a dangerous virus in war. In this context, many international analysts and intelligence agencies have given serious warnings about the preparations of biological weapons.
How dangerous are biological weapons?
Biological weapons are deadly devices in which viruses, bacteria or other microbes are deliberately used as weapons. These weapons do not cause destruction at once like a bomb or missile, but slowly and widely affect human life. Once spread, they are extremely difficult to control and can cause heavy damage to the general public even outside the war zone.
Does china have biological weapons?
The apprehension about china is deep because it has high-level biological laboratories, one of which is the wuhan Institute of Virology. Questions have been raised about the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic on this lab, although no final scientific conclusion has been reached on this yet. It has definitely come to light that china is far ahead in biological research and the structure of viruses. Apart from this, the strategy of the Chinese army also includes the Unrestricted Warfare doctrine, which includes options like cyber, economic and biological attacks.
If china uses biological weapons in the event of a war, it can completely destroy the enemy country's population, army, food supply and health services, that too without firing a single bullet. Such an attack is difficult to identify and by the time it is detected, it is too late. This is why biological weapons are also called the nuclear weapon of poor countries, because it causes more destruction at a lower cost.
Which countries have biological weapons?
China is not the only country in the world which may have biological weapons. However, it is banned, that is why no country openly says that it has biological weapons. For its ban, there is the Biological Weapons Convention treaty which bans such weapons. It is believed that apart from china, russia and America also have biological weapons.
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