Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
August 2005 - United States Special Weapons News
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- Full Compliance Essential to Nonproliferation Success, U.S. Says Washington File 31 Aug 2005 -- Full compliance with the nonproliferation objectives of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is essential if international confidence in the treaty's security benefits is to be maintained, a State Department official says.
- U.S. Says Five Other Countries Have Biological-Weapons Programs RFE/RL 31 Aug 2005 -- A new U.S. State Department report says evidence indicates that Russia, Iran, North Korea, and Syria continue to maintain biological-weapons programs.
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration Approves First Anthrax Test Washington File 30 Aug 2005 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared for diagnostic use a method for identifying Bacillus anthracis, the bacterium that causes anthrax, according to an August 29 press release from the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID).
- U.S., Ukraine Sign Agreement to Counter Threat of Bioterrorism Washington File 29 Aug 2005 -- United States Senator Richard Lugar announced that the United States and Ukraine signed an agreement August 29 to counter the threat of bioterrorism and prevent the proliferation of biological weapons and expertise.
- Satellites Watching for Nuclear Tests VOA News 25 Aug 2005 -- For the past eight years, a US satellite called Forte has been traveling over the Earth, searching for covert nuclear test explosions.
- Singapore Hosts Multinational Maritime Interdiction Exercise Washington File 12 Aug 2005 -- Singapore will host a multinational maritime training exercise August 15-19 to practice procedures designed to disrupt trafficking of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and associated technology to states and nonstate actors of proliferation concern.
- Chemical Weapons Incineration Progressing in Alabama AFPS 09 Aug 2005 -- Local angst over the Anniston Chemical Agent Disposal Facility here has eased somewhat as the burning of some 2,254 tons of chemical agent proceeds safely.
- U.S., Belize Accord Supports the Proliferation Security Initiative Washington File 04 Aug 2005 -- The United States and Belize have signed an agreement in support of the Proliferation Security Initiative that is designed to thwart the spread of the world's most dangerous weapons, the State Department announced.
- Army launches new bio warfare identification class Army News 01 Aug 2005 -- The Army Medical Department Center and School's newest multi-service course teaches students the inner workings of a biological warfare identification device.
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