Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Warfare

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APH Publishing, 2002 - Biological warfare - 496 pages
 

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
Index
491
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