Chemical and Biological Weapons
Threat Assessments and Related Material
- 2023 Biodefense Posture Review, Department of Defense, August 2023
- National Biodefense Strategy and Implementation Plan, The White House, October 2022
- Annual Status Report on the Destruction of the United States Stockpile of Lethal Chemical Agents and Munitions for Fiscal Year 2019, Department of Defense, September 30, 2019
- 2019 Certification of Continued Effectiveness of the CWC Australia Group, report to Congress, January 29, 2020
- National Biodefense Strategy, The White House, September 2018
- Medical Aspects of Biological Warfare, US Army Medical Department Center and School
Health Readiness Center of Excellence, 2018
- Department of Defense 2018 Annual Report to Congress on Chemical and Biological Defense Program, April 2018
- Department of Defense 2017 Annual Report to Congress on Chemical and Biological Defense Program, March 2017
- Department of Defense 2016 Annual Report to Congress on Chemical and Biological Defense Program, June 2016
- Department of Defense 2015 Annual Report to Congress on Chemical and Biological Defense Program, March 2015
- Department of Defense Annual Report to Congress on Chemical and Biological Warfare Defense, April 2011
- Department of Defense Chemical and Biological Defense Program Annual Report to Congress, May 2008
- Department of Defense Chemical and Biological Defense Program Annual Report to Congress, April 2007
- Department of Defense Chemical and Biological Defense Program Annual Report to Congress, March 2006
- Department of Defense Chemical and Biological Defense Program Annual Report to Congress, March 2005
- Department of Defense Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense Program Annual Report to Congress, May 2004 (8.5 MB PDF file)
- Department of Defense Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense Program FY2003-2005 Performance Plan, May 2004 (960 KB PDF file)
- Department of Defense Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense Program Overview, April 2004 (4.2 MB PDF file)
- National Strategy for Countering Biological Threats, National Security Council, November 2009
- US-Armenia Agreement on Preventing Proliferation of Biological Weapons, September 2010
- Analysis of Chemical Warfare Agents: General Overview, LC-MS Review, In-House LC-ESI-MS Methods and Open Literature Bibliography, Defense Research and Development Canada, March 2006
- The "Worried Well" Response to CBRN Events: Analysis and Solutions by Fred P. Stone, USAF Counterproliferation Center, June 2007
- Next Generation Bioweapons: The Technology of Genetic Engineering Applied to Biowarfare and Bioterrorism by Michael J. Ainscough, USAF Counterproliferation Center, April 2002
- Biodefense Crossing the Line by Milton Leitenberg, James Leonard and Richard Spertzel, from the journal Politics and the Life Sciences, 2004
- SARS and Public Health in Ontario, Interim Report of the SARS Commission (Canada), April 15, 2004 (900 KB PDF file)
- Lessons from the Anthrax Attacks: Implications for U.S. Bioterrorism Preparedness by David Heyman, CSIS, under contract to the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, April 2002 (2 MB PDF file) (released by DoD on March 15, 2004)
- Development of a Viral Biological-threat Bioinformatics Resource, University of Alabama at Birmingham, report for the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, Ft. Detrick, MD, October 2003
- NIAID Biodefense Research Agenda for CDC Category A Agents, Progress Report, August 2003
- Anthrax in America: A Chronology and Analysis of the Fall 2001 Attacks, Center for Counterproliferation Research, November 2002
- Health Aspects of Biological and Chemical Weapons (Unofficial draft), World Health Organization, released September 2001.
- Bioterrorism and Biocrimes: The Illicit Use of Biological Agents Since 1900 by W. Seth Carus, August 1998 (rev. February 2001)
- Chemical/Biological/Radiological Incident Handbook Director of Central Intelligence, Interagency Intelligence Committee on Terrorism, Community Counterterrorism Board - October 1998
- BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS 27 April 1998 -- Voice of America
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS EXPERT COLONEL DAVID FRANZ SAYS TERRORISTS PROBABLY WOULD REQUIRE HELP FROM A GOVERNMENT TO USE GERMS AS A MASS KILLER.
- THE WORLDWIDE NUCLEAR, BIOLOGICAL, AND CHEMICAL
WARFARE THREAT US ARMY CHEMICAL SCHOOL - 21 August 1998
- Adversarial Use of Chemical and Biological Weapons John F. Reichart Joint Forces Quarterly Spring 1998 [271 kb PDF]
- New Biological Warfare Agents Through Advances in Biotechnology -- Department of Defense - 09 September 1997
- THE THREAT OF CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL TERRORISM Ron Purver COMMENTARY No. 60 Canadian Security Intelligence Service August 1995
- CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS: THE POOR MAN'S BOMB Draft General Report North Atlantic Assembly International Secretariat 4 October 1996
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- Proliferation Profile Assessment of Emerging Biological Weapons Threats Michael G. Archuleta; Michael S. Bland; Tsu-Pin Duann; Alan B. Tucker; Conrad A. Widman (Faculty Advisor) Air Command and Staff College 1996 -- only through the collective analysis of all the sub-systems of a BW program will conclusive evidence of the program be found.
- THE IMPACT OF NBC Proliferation on Doctrine and Operations Robert G. Joseph Joint Forces Quarterly Autumn 1996
- The Continuing Threat from Weapons of Mass Destruction By Dr. Gordon C. Oehler, Director, Nonproliferation Center to the Senate Armed Services Committee - 27 March 1996
- Implications of Soviet Use of Chemical and Toxin Weapons for U.S. Security Interests, Special National Intelligence Estimate, 1983
- Soviet Chemical and Biological Warfare Capabilities (1969), National Intelligence Estimate, 1969
- The Enigma of Soviet BW, Studies in Intelligence, 1965
- The Probability of Soviet Employment of BW and CW in the Event of Attacks Upon the US, National Intelligence Estimate, 1951
Chemical Weapons: Historical Documents
Government Publications
- Chemical Corps Briefs, 1954
- Attitudes and Policies on Chemical Warfare, 1959
- Armed Forces Chemical Journal, GAS, Capt. Edward F. Fitzgerald, 1960
- Negotiations for Storage Rights in USEUCOM, 1961
- Action to Improve CBR Capabilities, Memorandum for the Commander in Chief, 1962
- Status Report on Investigation of Sheep Deaths in Utah, 1968
- Nerve Gas: Dugway Accident Linked to Utah Sheep Kill, Phillip M. Boffey, 1968
News Reports & Editorials
- The Terrible Threat of Nerve Gas, John Kobler, Evening Post, July 27 1957
- Army Seeks Poison Gas Missiles, James Baar, 1960
- Lethal Nerve Gas is now being made at Newport Ordnance Plant, The Terre Haute Star, May 16 1962
- U.S. Assembly Line Turns Out Deadly Nerve Gas for Military, The Washington Post, April 22 1964
- The Nerve Gas Story, James Polk, 1964
- US Completes Gas Transfers, 10 September & Poison Gas Moved from Okinawa, 14 January 1971
Interviews & Meetings
Chemical Corps Technical Committee Minutes
Directives
Installation Assessments
Project Reports
- CWS Project Program for Fiscal Year 1946, 1945
- Army Service Forces Report, May 1945
- Investigations of MCE & MFI, 1945
- War Department Report, June 1945
- Chemical Corps Project Program for 1948, 1947
- Chemical Corps Quarterly Report, October 1947
- Chemical Corps Project Program for 1949, 1948
- Chemical Corps Technical Committee Report, February 1948
- Treatment of Poisoning Caused by Chemical Agents of the G-Series, Department of the Army, March 1948
- Research and Development Project Card, March 1949
- Chemical Corps Project Program for 1950, 1949
- Chemical Corps Technical Committee Report, May 1949
- Chemical Corps Technical Committee Report, September 1949
- Acceleration of G-Agent Program, 1950
- Chemical Corps Technical Committee Report, 1950
- Chemical Corps FY 1951 Project Program, 1950
- Bomb Field Test, 1950
- Procurement of GB, FY 1950
- Proposed Contract for G Agent Manufacturing and Munitions Loading Plant, 1950
- Security Policy for GB, 1950
- Cancellation of GH as a Development Procurement Type and Related Action, 1951
- Special Weapons and Types of Warfare, 1951
- Procurement of Chemicals from Industry in Support of GB Program, 1953
- Status of GB Plants and Processes, 1953
- Chemical and Biological Warfare, 1954
- Chemical Corps Technical Committee Report, 1954
- Project Data Sheet, Chemical Corps, 1954
- Project Data Sheet, Chemical Corps, 1954
- Ad Hoc Committee Meeting of Engineering & Production Committee, 1954
- Project Data Sheet, Chemical Corps, 1954
- Production of E101 Cluster Bombs, 1954
- Recommendations of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Chemical Corps Advisory Council, 1954
- Report of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Chemical Corps Advisory Council, 1954
- Subcommittee on Ammunition Report, Department of the Army, 1954
- Obsoletion of GA, Office of the Chief Chemical Officer, 1955
- Biological Weapons Munitions, 1956
- BW Dry Agent Disseminator, 1957
- Biological and Chemical Warning Systems Report, 1960
- Sergeant Missiles Report, 1960
- Biological and Chemical Weapons Defense Programs, 1962
- Item 2962 Report, 1962
- Chemical-Biological-Nuclear Subcommittee Report, 1969
- Studies on the Technical Arms Control Aspects of Chemical and Biological Warfare, The History of Chemical Warfare Plants and Facilities in the United States, 1972
- Material Status Record Submission, Department of the Army, 1977
- Technical Report Chemical Munitions/Airframes Compatibility, 1984
Research and Development Projects
Summary of Major Events and Problems
Significant Accomplishments
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