Biochemical Warfare - Capability And Protection

This new technology provides the potential capability of developing biological agents that have increased virulence and stability after deployment and much more.

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Biochemical Warfare - Capability And Protection

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Biochemical Warfare - Capability And Protection


Edited By Pavitar Parkash Singh

The introduction of modern biochemical during the past 25 years has markedly changed the quantitative and quantitative impact that biological warfare, or the threat of such warfare, can have on military forces and urban communities . This new technology provides the potential capability of

(1) developing biological agents that have increased virulence and stability after deployment;

(2) targeting the delivery of organisms to populations;

(3) protecting personnel against biological agents;

(4) producing, by genetic modification, pathogenic organisms from non-pathogenic strains to complicate detection of a biological agents;

(5) modifying the immune response system of the target population to increase or decrease susceptibility to pathogens; and

(6) producing sensors based on the detection of unique signature molecules on the surface of biological agents or on the interaction of the genetic materials in such organisms with gene probes.

The specific technologies used in realizing these capabilities include:

(1) cell culture or fermentation ;

(2) organism selection;

(3) encapsulation and coating with straight or cross linked biopolymers;

(4) genetic engineering ;

(5) active or passive immunization or treatment with biological reponse modifiers;

(6) monoclonal anti-body production;

(7) genome data bases , polymerase chain reaction equipment , DNA sequencers, and the rapid production of gene probes; and

(8) the capability of linking gene probes and monoclonal antibodies on addressable sites in a reproducible manner.

Contents Include:

*Biochemical Warfare: An Introduction;
*Bio Chemical Warfare Capability;
*Analysis and Interpretation of Chemical Warfare Capabilities;
*Biological Weapons : Nature and Arms Control;
*Reconnaissance, Detection and Identification;
*Individual Protection;
*Collective Protection;
*Politics of Chemical Arms and Chemical Defense;
*Smoke and Radiacs in Biochemical Warfare;
*Negotiation on Biological Weapons;
*Restructuring the Defense Programme for Biochemical Warfare;
*South Asia; East Asia; Americas;
*Chemical Weapons in the Iran-Iraq War;
*Iraq’s Future of Chemical and Weapons Capabilities;
*Iraqs Unconventional Warfare and Weapons of Mass Destruction;
*Past and Future of Nuclear Weapons Capabilities;
*In Iraq ; Iraq’s Past and Future of Nuclear Weapons Capabilities;
*Policy Implication of Iraq’s Weapons of Mass Destruction;
*Future of Iraq’s Military;
*Chemical Weapons in the Middle East;
*Middle Eastern Stability of Weapons of Mass Destruction;
*Arms Control and The Peace Process;
*Controlling The Arms Trade for Better Prospects;
*Genomics in the Biochemical Warfare; Bibliography; Index.

About the Editor: Pavitar Prakash Singh is working as assistant professor in Punjab College of Technical Education, Ludhiana. He obtained his MSc. In Applied Physics from Punjab University, Patiala and Masters in Business Administration from Kurushetra University, Kurukshetra. He has great interest in technical education, communication and computer application. He has six years of working experience. Presently he doing his Ph.D. He has authored and presently many research papers in national and international seminars and is providing consultancy to various industrial houses on different projects. Recently, he participated and presented a paper in SAMF Conferences, a SAARC Nations Organization, held in Pakistan.

Editor: Pavitar Parkash Singh

ISBN : 8176298670

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