Biological and chemical weapons have played a big part in society especially in wars. They were used throughout the World over and over again. They have killed millions of people and harmed much more.These weapons kill uncontrollably and cannot be contained. Weapons like this should not be allowed. They played a big role in wars and in history. Although Biological and chemical weapons have been used for thousands of years, they should not be used during war due to the mass devastation. Biological
The ethical question of biochemical warfare When looking at biological warfare there are many pro’s when considering what advantages biowarfare could give a country in a war situation; but looking at the ethical side of biowarfare, that tells a different story. When considering biological warfare we need to look at it from many different angles, to understand the whole picture. We need to look at the advantages and disadvantages, the ethics, who will benefit, the severity of the threat and the laws
Introduction My aim through my investigation is to uncover how warfare influences soldiers in different ways through the lens of the three psychological levels of analysis. The biological, socio-cultural and cognitive levels of analysis will provide unique insights into the human brain, behaviour, social interactions, etc. which will all help to uncover and help us to understand the psychological consequences of warfare on soldiers. Through this process we will begin to understand how soldiers may
Biological warfare is the deliberate spreading disease and chemical agents amongst human, animals, including all living creatures in combatants. This type of warfare used the spread of germs to reach further goals in one combatant. Until 20 century, these weapons’ transmission was limited to “starting fires, poisoning wells, shooting poisoned arrows, plagues, infections.” Biological weapon can be in form of gas such as tear gas, chlorine gas etc. and also in liquid, viruses, bacteria, rickettsia
World War II was the war that created new genera of warfare. It was an evolution of technology, as well as evolution in warfare. As aircraft and weapons were introduced, the Nazis army’s leader, Adolf Hitler, attempted to build the world’s first super weapons. Tanks the sizes of ships, artillery cannons that could destroy cities, and even the world’s first jet. World War II was the evolution of weaponry, resulting how weaponry is used in warfare today. U.S. and British tanks shared a lot of traits
How possible is chemical warfare? Some may ask, exactly what is that? Imagine laying in a trench, men on each side of you, as you fight for your country then the sound of shells flying by, pow, pow, pow, boom, boom…and then there is a gas but the soldiers can’t smell it. There’s nothing visible to the eye except a shell casing. It would take a soldier up to five weeks to see the effects of chemical weapons that’s if it hasn’t already killed him. Where did Chemical warfare originate from? What weapons
An example of a toxin categorized to be a chemical substance to harm is Bacillus anthracis. Although people know Bacillus anthracis to be a biological weapon compared to a toxin weapon, Bacillus anthracis produces a toxin that is responsible for the anthrax disease. Bacillus anthracis is a gram-positive, rod shaped, aerobic, encapsulated, and spore-forming bacteria. According to Toxins as Weapons:
the ones are 1 and 3; it still shows the two same of types. 2.1 Natural Disasters Natural or environmental disasters are the ones that cannot be avoided as it involves the nature where the impacts are a high-impact disaster as it leads to worse effects and it takes times to recover. This sudden concurrence event is also known as cataclysmic as it
War of the Whales is not only a novel, it is a porthole into understanding the complex systems of marine life and the detrimental consequences that follow human activities. The novel portrays two men, oceanographer Ken Balcomb and his environmental attorney Joel Reynolds on their complex mission to expose the American Navy’s direct association with the unexplained mass strandings of whales in the Bahaman Islands. The novel reveals how national security and the need to safeguard the ocean environment
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study A terrorist attack on Mumbai on 26 November 2008 which is the commercial capital of an economically resurgent India left a deep and shocking impact on the Indian security mechanism and the psyche. Actually this incident has shaken the whole nation and Government, at both the Central and state level, towards coastal security preparedness of the country for combating such terror threat/attack originating from the seas. Before to this terrorist