Is there a need?
No.Biologicalwarfare is unnecessary, after all humans have proven to be able to kill each other just fine using conventional weapons.Yes biological warfare is much more of a want than a need.Not only does it not prevent genetic diseases, it causes a few.
Cost
The costs of biological weapons ($1) to produce 50% casualties per square kilometer.NATO estimated that, in 2001, to produce 50 percent casualties in a square kilometer, it would cost about $9,000 for conventional weapons, $4,000 for nuclear weapons, and less than $5 for BW agents.Biological weapons are often called "the poor man's atom bomb"' simply because they cost so little to make.
Environmental Concerns
Not only is biological war dangerous, some aspects can be difficult to contain.If a deadly agent were to be released without proper actions it could destroy entire ecosystems. Because most biological and chemical warfare agents are specific in action (against humans), broad-scale environmental impact is unlikely, however, the large-scale use of herbicides as a method of warfare could have devastating effects of the environment.
Medical Benefits
Amazingly enough the useage of biological war can actually be beneficial towards finding cures for illnesses.With the threat of impending death scientists work twice as hard at solving the problem which can open new doors in the world of biotechnology.
Benefits and risks to society
The benefits have been discussed above and the risks have been explained as well.
To simplify it the benefits are new ideas and studies in biotechnology and the risks are countless deaths and global chaos.
To simplify it the benefits are new ideas and studies in biotechnology and the risks are countless deaths and global chaos.
All fall down
One hundred kilograms of anthrax spores could wipe out an entire city in one go.
It's only a matter of time before bioterrorists strike.
In order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep one must,
above all, be a sheep.
---- Albert Einstein
One hundred kilograms of anthrax spores could wipe out an entire city in one go.
It's only a matter of time before bioterrorists strike.
In order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep one must,
above all, be a sheep.
---- Albert Einstein