| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 385 pages) |
| Contents |
Putin's direction in the biosciences -- The legacy of the Soviet Union's biological warfare program -- Russian biosecurity and military modernization -- Biodefense and high technology research and development -- Civilian bioscience and biotechnology since 2005 -- Russia addressing the biological and toxin weapons convention -- Policy suggestions and possible future collaborations |
| Summary |
In March 2012, at a meeting convened by the recently reelected Russian president Vladimir Putin, Minister of Defense Serdyukov informed Mr. Putin that a plan was being prepared for ""the development of weapons based on new physical principles: radiation, geophysical wave, genetic, psychophysical, etc."" Subsequently, in response to concerns expressed both in Russia and abroad, the Russian government deleted the statement from the public transcript of the meeting. But the question remains: Is Russia developing an offensive biological warfare program? Raymond Zilinskas and Philippe Mauger invest |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 25, 2018) |
| SUBJECT |
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction (1972 April 10) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50077294
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Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction (1972 April 10) fast |
| Subject |
Biological weapons -- Russia (Federation)
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Biotechnology -- Government policy -- Russia (Federation)
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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Biological weapons
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Biotechnology -- Government policy
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Russia (Federation)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mauger, Philippe, 1991- author.
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| LC no. |
2017059027 |
| ISBN |
9781626377134 |
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1626377138 |
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