NORTH KOREA Biological Last Updated: December, 2015 Although the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is party to both the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) and the Geneva Protocol, it is suspected of maintaining an ongoing biological weapons (BW) program. According to North Korean defectors and assessments by U.S.and South Korean governments, North Korea began acquiring a biological weapons capability as Read More
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China Intercepts Missile in Space One Week After Failed US Attempt Less than a week after a US missile defense system failed to intercept a ballistic missile outside the Earth’s atmosphere, the Chinese Ministry of National Defense claimed to have triumphed where the Americans stumbled. China carried out a missile interception exercise that was successful Read More
Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: Opportunities for Control and Abolition Victor W. Sidel, MD and Barry S. Levy, MD, MPH Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Go to: Abstract Nuclear weapons pose a particularly destructive threat. Prevention of the proliferation and use of nuclear weapons is urgently important to public Read More
Launch of the ‘Trade Update 2017: Out of the Shadows’ The Small Arms Survey’s Trade Update 2017: Out of the Shadows provides an overview of the international trade in small arms and light weapons in 2014, identifies the world’s top and major exporters of small arms and light weapons, and assesses changes in trade patterns Read More
OPCW Fact-Finding Mission in Syria Continues Investigations into Allegations of Chemical Weapons Use
OPCW Fact-Finding Mission in Syria Continues Investigations into Allegations of Chemical Weapons Use Wednesday, 07 February 2018 THE HAGUE, Netherlands – 7 February 2018 – Recent allegations about the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian Aran Republic continue to be of grave concern to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Read More
United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER) The United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER) was established in 2006 under the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA). UN-SPIDER develops solutions to address the limited access developing countries have to specialized technologies Read More
https://www.cfr.org/blog/development-cyber-norms-united-nations-ends-deadlock-now-what The prospects of developing norms of state behavior in cyberspace have been looking positively bleak recently. The Lazarus Group, which appears to have ties to North Korea, is suspected of being behind the WannaCry ransomware attacks that spread to 150 countries and hobbled the UK’s National Health Service. Russian hackers have been named as the culprits Read More
As of today, weapons in Outer Space continues to be an area of weaponry that has potential unlimited power that has yet to be determined. The original action of exploring technology in Outer Space came from the launch of Sputnik from the Soviet Union in 1957, but even before the launch Western powers had proposed Read More
The intent and objective of this page is to keep its viewers educated on up to date information on news regarding weapon systems in space. Government actors are beginning to realize the potential resources available within space and are looking to place assets in space to collect, study, and utilize these resources. Furthermore, governments will Read More
Dear Class, Attached are your website management assignments and your choices for the chapter update assignment. Note that if you strongly desire a particular chapter assignment that you will need to apply by Sunday. Have a great weekend, Martin
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