ISSN (Print): 2395-1737

International Journal of Academic Research & Development

Published by Bharti Publications, Established-2015

Research

Evaluation of Biological Agents in Warfare

Ananda Majumdar*

* Corresponding author

Abstract

Biological weapon had been used by Assyrians to poisoned their enemy in 6th century B.C., in 1346 Mongol warriors of the Golden Horde died of plague and their bodies were thrown over the walls of Crimean city Kaffa, resulting in the killing of estimated 25 million Europeans, The British Army used small pox against native Americans during the siege of Fort Pitt in 1763, resulting in the killing of estimated one hundred native Americans in Ohio country in 1764, during the world war 1 imperial German government used anthrax and glanders and became encourage to produce biological weapon because of its advancement through bacteriology and germ theory in 1900, as germ warfare, is produced by biological toxins or infectious agents like bacteria, viruses, fungi(living organisms) and perhaps lethal or non-lethal etc. who are universally recognized as dead but reproduces by making of biological weapons to kill humans, animals, plants or to devastates entire universe, effects of biological war is similar to nuclear war, it can wipeout an entire community or an entire civilization from the universe, attack by insects over enemies is called entomological warfare, entomological weapon is recognized as biological weapon, biological weapon, chemical weapon and nuclear weapon are different kinds but they are not conventional warfare, the war is for universal devastation, biological weapon uses for strategic advantage over enemy either by threat or deployment, also known as area denial weapon, it can be deployed, stockpiled, or developed by individual, terrorist or a nation state over their enemy. As a student and a researcher of the area in international development and international affairs, I always would like to explore areas which can be useful for the knowledge and information and can be a message to the world for its security, I am interested to pursue my PhD in the areas of international development and writing articles is a part of my preparedness for my higher studies.

Keywords: State Sponsored Terrorism, Bio germ, Erosion of Genetic Diversity, Hague Convention, Geneva Convention