[quote]Even if no modifications were really made, it is terrifying enough that U.S. and Russian intelligence services have found "[URL="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2404051.stm"]medium[/URL]" grade intelligence that North Korea may have acquired [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox"]smallpox[/URL], and that some of the Biopreparat scientists may have [URL="http://books.google.com/books?id=Q6AGNGx7QfwC&pg=PA150"]moved[/URL] to North Korea after the breakup of the Soviet Union. Frequently lethal and often disfiguring, smallpox might be stopped cold by [URL="http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-05-25-smallpox25_ST_N.htm"]300 million[/URL] stockpiled doses of vaccine in the Strategic National Stockpile, provided the North Koreans have done nothing to alter the virus. There are also [URL="http://www.intmedpress.com/serveFile.cfm?sUID=4dd9eaea-26f9-487b-9156-52209e9bcc35"]antiviral drugs[/URL] that may help to combat infections if a vaccine fails. But with each case of smallpox infecting, on average, 20 more people, the logistics of distribution will be critical, and the effect on any nation less prepared would be devastating.[/quote]
[quote]We should consider that North Korea could have strategic advantages on its side. According to Bruce Bennett of the RAND Corporation, "no U.S. president would kill 10 million innocents" by targeting Pyongyang with a nuclear weapon. The U.S. is limited by the political and literal fallout of its arsenal. By contrast, biological agents can be anonymous. North Korea does not need a working missile to deliver a sputum sample, and our first warning could be the cough down the hall.
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[url]http://www.policymic.com/articles/32885/war-with-north-korea-smallpox-and-bioweapons-are-the-real-threat-not-nukes[/url]
This really turns things around. If this is true and they have modified the virus, it'd be devastating anywhere.
Well, time to buy a gas mask.
[QUOTE]North Korea may have acquired smallpox[/QUOTE]
Unintentionally. :v:
Now I'm scared.
If this is true this could be very, very bad.
everyone stock up on antihistamines and tissues
they're coming
there is no hope
Those darn commies!
Why can't they make something nice like a cake missile?
I'd rather have cake than death.
Seriously they are going against the Geneva Conventions if this is weaponized.
buy cough syrup in bulk before it's too late
You're supposed to be scared by this.
Just like Saddam Husseins scary WMD's.
This will go great. War in North Korea in no time.
[QUOTE=mac338;40247550]I can believe that, but I don't think they did it intentionally. :v:[/QUOTE]
Instead of ships armed with missiles they have catapults on that launch ill people.
So this article mentions NK "atomising" a city with a nuke launched from a a midget submarine but does NK even have anything like that, plus isn't there only one type of their missiles that could support a warhead.
[QUOTE=madnath619;40247533]This really turns things around. If this is true and they have modified the virus, it'd be devastating anywhere.
Well, time to buy a gas mask.[/QUOTE]
Activated charcoal isn't going to stop viruses. You'd be just as protected by a nose plug and scuba gear.
[QUOTE=johnsten;40247586]buy cough syrup in bulk before it's too late[/QUOTE]
yeah, like people buy cough syrup for their coughs anymore.
You know, this makes sense, kinda. Kim must know how screwed he is if war starts. The next logical step would be to cause as many casualties as possible, launching everything in their arsenal. Even if they don't have any viruses, or their stocks are nearly useless, the lack of solid information plays in their favour.
EDIT
And let's not talk about the psychological effect of a chemical attack. Even if it fails.
What's worse is that, by the time we get to Pyongyang, all files and personel related to their nasty shit are going to be destroyed. Fucking Nazi Germany all over again.
[QUOTE=Durrsly;40247585]Seriously they are going against the Geneva Conventions if this is weaponized.[/QUOTE]
Countless human rights violations, who cares!
But, going against the Geneva Conventions!? That's just going too far!
[QUOTE=Blazyd;40247601]yeah, like people by cough syrup for their coughs anymore.[/QUOTE]
man that's silly who would take cough syrup if they have a headache or their nose is stuffy??
haha wacky
[QUOTE=johnsten;40247586]buy cough syrup in bulk before it's too late[/QUOTE]
They'll just think you're trying to make meth. You'll probably be arrested instead.
fun stuff.
[QUOTE=draugur;40247619]They'll just think you're trying to make meth. You'll probably be arrested instead.[/QUOTE]
They can think what they want, police dont act because "This dude has bought a bit, lets arrest him!!"
does anyone remember those leaked files that implied that a british agencies smuggled bio weapons into syria
what the fuck happened to that
[QUOTE=Durrsly;40247585]Seriously they are going against the Geneva Conventions if this is weaponized.[/QUOTE]
Implying NK gives a fuck about international laws, conventions and restrictions at this current moment.
This is worrying, who gives a fuck about their piss poor nuclear warheads, they won't get off the fucking ground.
This is far far more terrifying, this is a better reason to invade than because of nuclear warheads, you can;t have a rogue state sitting around with bioweapons.
not so funny now uh?
edit: yeah, im dumb for taking this seriously from the beggining
tbh their main bioweapon is probably a really stinky fart
Okay, I thought I was safe for living in France, but now this is getting really scary.
[QUOTE=Eltro102;40247730]tbh their main bioweapon is probably a really stinky fart[/QUOTE]
They're gonna fill kim up, fly him to the US for peace talks, and BAM
the deadliest fart known to man
[QUOTE=Durrsly;40247585]Seriously they are going against the Geneva Conventions if this is weaponized.[/QUOTE]
International laws haven't done anything to get them to stop torturing people so why would they matter here?
Im just going to pretend these threads are not here.
This section should just be named North Korea Wave-aton.
[QUOTE=Chrisordie;40247584]Those darn commies!
Why can't they make something nice like a cake missile?
I'd rather have cake than death.[/QUOTE]
Well we're outta cake!
[QUOTE=markg06;40247594]Instead of ships armed with missiles they have catapults on that launch ill people.[/QUOTE]
Well, it worked for the mongols.
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