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| − | '''Biopreparat''' (short for '''Biological Preparations Directorate''', part of the Weapon Research Bureau - WRB) is a | + | '''Biopreparat''' (short for '''Biological Preparations Directorate''', part of the Weapon Research Bureau - WRB) is a directorate within the Commissariat of Military Affairs that researches diseases and [[Wikipedia: biological warfare|pathogenic weaponry]] for both offensive and defesnive purposes. Biopreparat is considered to be a [[Wikipedia: weapons of mass destruction|mass destruction manufactorer]] and illegal under several [[United Nations]] resolutions. |
Currently, the exact extent of Biopreparat research is unknown. The only information gathered was from two defected Soviet scientists that defected to the [[Wikipedia:USA|United States]] before its eventual collapse. Due to the way information was handled after the nuclear bombardment of the Midwest of the [[Wikipedia:USA|U.S.]], much information of the exact dealings of Biopreparat are unknown. | Currently, the exact extent of Biopreparat research is unknown. The only information gathered was from two defected Soviet scientists that defected to the [[Wikipedia:USA|United States]] before its eventual collapse. Due to the way information was handled after the nuclear bombardment of the Midwest of the [[Wikipedia:USA|U.S.]], much information of the exact dealings of Biopreparat are unknown. | ||
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Annual production capacities for many of the above listed pathogens were in the tens of tons when the scientists defected, typically with redundant production facilities located throughout the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|Soviet Union]]. The anthrax production facility in [[Wikipedia: Sverdlovsk|Sverdlovsk]] was the first to be discovered by the [[Wikipedia: USA|United States government]], but it was never open to investigation. | Annual production capacities for many of the above listed pathogens were in the tens of tons when the scientists defected, typically with redundant production facilities located throughout the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|Soviet Union]]. The anthrax production facility in [[Wikipedia: Sverdlovsk|Sverdlovsk]] was the first to be discovered by the [[Wikipedia: USA|United States government]], but it was never open to investigation. | ||
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Revision as of 23:25, 11 December 2005
Biopreparat (short for Biological Preparations Directorate, part of the Weapon Research Bureau - WRB) is a directorate within the Commissariat of Military Affairs that researches diseases and pathogenic weaponry for both offensive and defesnive purposes. Biopreparat is considered to be a mass destruction manufactorer and illegal under several United Nations resolutions.
Currently, the exact extent of Biopreparat research is unknown. The only information gathered was from two defected Soviet scientists that defected to the United States before its eventual collapse. Due to the way information was handled after the nuclear bombardment of the Midwest of the U.S., much information of the exact dealings of Biopreparat are unknown.
The current known list of weaponized pathogens created by Biopreparat are as follows:
- Smallpox
- Plague
- Anthrax
- Venezuelan equine encephalitis
- Tularemia
- Influenza
- Brucellosis
- Marburg virus
- Ebola
- Bolivian hemorrhagic fever
- Choldera
- Coccidioides mycosis
- Glanders
- Melioidosis
- Shigella
- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
- Typhus
- Yellow Fever
- Rift Valley Fever
- Ricin
- Botulism toxin
- Saxitoxin
- SEB
- Psisticosis
- Japanese B Encephalitis
Annual production capacities for many of the above listed pathogens were in the tens of tons when the scientists defected, typically with redundant production facilities located throughout the Soviet Union. The anthrax production facility in Sverdlovsk was the first to be discovered by the United States government, but it was never open to investigation.
