???? #comment by the Russian Embassy in the USA
? The US media keep on waging the campaign to discredit Russia by exaggerating the imaginary threat of the Russian Armed Forces using biological weapons.
? We emphasize that it is the United States, but not our country that tarnished its reputation in that field. The Russian Ministry of Defense has repeatedly cited documentary evidence of it on the basis of the American reports.
? Thus, in March 2022, the U.S. Army Strategic Studies Institute published a report on the chemical and biological weapons program during the Korean War. According to the document, while preparing for the Korean campaign, “the U.S. Air Force secured additional funds to purchase large quantities of chemical and biological munitions, obtained a testing range for them in Canada and carried out an extensive conceptual work on their use”.
? The Americans considered brucellosis pathogens and economically important infections, including wheat stem rust, as priority biological agents. 2,500 munitions of this type were planned to use, including “to attack Soviet grain crops”
? The report of the Pentagon contractors in Ukraine, Black&Veatch and Metabiota, also includes projects codenamed “TAP” aimed at studying infections capable of damaging the agriculture, such as glanders, African swine fever (ASF), classical swine fever, highly pathogenic avian influenza and Newcastle disease.
? The comparative analysis of U.S. programs during the Korean War and currently in Ukraine demonstrates the persistence of the U.S. policy of building up its own military and biological capabilities in circumvention of international agreements.
❗️ We urge local experts to acquaint themselves with the above mentioned documents and give it a hard thought as to why the US has been hindering the attempts of the responsible members of the world community, including Russia, to strengthen the BWC regime as well as blocking the development of the legally binding verification protocol to the Convention.