Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Warfare |
Contents
Nuclear Models | 3 |
Three Types of Radioactive Decay | 15 |
Nuclear Fission | 17 |
Nuclear Fusion | 21 |
Nuclear Weapons | 25 |
Dawn of the Atomic | 33 |
17 | 37 |
Atomic Bombs and Fission | 39 |
India Holds Two More Ntests | 197 |
Pakistans Nuclear Weapons Program 1998 | 201 |
The Early Years | 223 |
Putting Down the Sword | 229 |
BIOLOGICAL WARFARE | 235 |
Genesis of Biological Warfare and Current Threat | 237 |
The Threat | 243 |
Biological Warfare Agents | 257 |
The Manhattan Project and Before | 55 |
The First Atomic Weapons | 57 |
HiroshimaNagasaki Legacy | 59 |
Types of Nuclear Weapons | 61 |
Nuclear Warfare | 79 |
Effects of Nuclear Explosions | 89 |
45 | 99 |
57 | 102 |
The Threat of Nuclear Terrorism | 133 |
Nuclear Politics | 145 |
History of the British Nuclear Arsenal | 157 |
61 | 160 |
The Current British Arsenal | 165 |
Chinas Nuclear Weapons Present Capabilities | 171 |
Frances Nuclear Weapons | 181 |
Indias Nuclear Weapons Program | 187 |
India Conduct 3 Underground NTests | 193 |
79 | 280 |
How to Protect from Biological Weapons? | 337 |
The World at Risk? A Stich in Time Saves Nine | 341 |
CHEMICAL WARFARE | 349 |
Introduction | 351 |
Germarys Use of Chemical Warfare in World War I | 363 |
Potential Chemical Weapons | 377 |
Riot Control Agents | 379 |
Vesicants | 387 |
Pulmonary Agents | 409 |
Nerve Agents | 417 |
Cyanide | 437 |
Decontamination | 447 |
Casually Management in a Contaminated Area | 459 |
The Chemical Weapons Convention | 467 |
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