In Order to Combat Potential Threats from Hostile Governments and Terrorist Groups, Should the United States Resume Research and Developmentprograms on Biological Weapons?
Viewpoint: Yes, biological weapons are a genie already out of the bottle and awaiting a master. Research and development on biological weapons should be resumed.
Viewpoint: No, resumption of research on and development of biological weapons is a medically and scientifically unneeded, inefficient, and unethical response to threats of bioterrorism.
Since formally terminating its biological weapons program in 1969, the United States has condemned the spread of biological weapons programs and lobbied for an international treaty to ban such weapons. Those who have closely followed the American biological weapons programs point out that even though research dedicated to the weaponization of biological agents supposedly ended in 1969, research that addressed the identification of and reaction to the use of biological weapons by hostile agents continued. From World War II until 1969 the United States operated a major biological weapons programs that conducted secret open-air tests of biological agents on American soil. Moreover, the project had weaponized lethal biological agents, toxins, and incapacitating agents and had stockpiled biological bombs for potential battlefield use.
In the United States, biological warfare research began during World War II in the Army Chemical Warfare Service.
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