avia.wikisort.org - WeaponThe E133 cluster bomb was a U.S. biological weapon developed during the Cold War.
American biological weapon
History
The U.S. E133 cluster bomb was developed prior to Richard M. Nixon's 1969 declaration that ended the U.S. biological weapons program.[1] At the time of Nixon's declaration the E133 was considered the most likely candidate in the U.S. biological arsenal to actually be used in a combat situation.[1]
Specifications
The E133 cluster weighed 750 pounds.[2] It held between 536[3][1] and 544[2] E61 bomblets, which when dropped would detonate on impact dispersing an aerosol of biological agent,[3] usually anthrax.
See also
References
- Cirincione, Joseph, et al. Deadly Arsenals: Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Threats, (Google Books), Carnegie Endowment, 2005, p. 60, (ISBN 087003216X).
- Chauhan, Sharad S. Biological Weapons, (Google Books), APH Publishing Corporation, 2004, p. 197, (ISBN 8176487325).
- Cirincione, Joseph. "Defending America", Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, Winter/Spring 2002, via Commonwealth Institute, accessed January 4, 2009.
United States biological weapons program |
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| Weaponized agents |
- Anthrax
- Botulism
- Brucellosis
- Q fever
- Enterotoxin type B
- Rice blast
- Tularemia
- VEE
- Wheat stem rust
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| Researched agents |
- AHF
- BHF
- Bird flu
- CHIKV
- Dengue fever
- EEE
- Glanders
- Hantavirus
- Lassa fever
- Melioidosis
- Newcastle disease
- Plague
- Potato blight
- Psittacosis
- Ricin
- RVF
- Rinderpest
- Smallpox
- Typhus
- WEE
- Yellow fever
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| Munitions | |
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| Operations and testing |
- Operation Sea-Spray
- Operation Big Buzz
- Operation Big Itch
- Operation Dark Winter
- Operation Dew
- Operation Drop Kick
- Operation LAC
- Operation Magic Sword
- Operation May Day
- Operation Polka Dot
- Operation Whitecoat
- Project 112
- Project Bacchus
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| Facilities |
- U.S. Army Biological Warfare Labs
- Building 101
- Building 257
- Building 470
- Deseret Test Center
- Dugway Proving Ground
- Fort Detrick
- Fort Douglas
- Fort Terry
- Granite Peak Installation
- Horn Island Testing Station
- One-Million-Liter Test Sphere
- Pine Bluff Arsenal
- Plum Island Animal Disease Center
- Vigo Ordnance Plant
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| Related topics |
- Biological agent
- Biological warfare
- Entomological warfare
- Soviet biological weapons program
- Korean War bio-warfare allegations
- List of topics
- U.S. biological weapons program
- U.S. biological defense program
- U.S. bio-weapons ban
- War Bureau of Consultants
- War Research Service
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