Biological And Nuclear Weapons

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these countries are located in the Middle East and some are signatories to the Biological Weapons Convention. This 1972 Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, prohibited its signatories from possessing or employing such weapons. This possess a significant threat to the U.S. and all the other countries who hold grudges with the ones who have biological warfare programs.
Nations acquire biological programs because they view it as an "inexpensive route to acquisition of a weapon of mass destruction." Biological weapons are often called a "poor man's atomic bomb." Another reason why nations acquire these weapons is because they "desire to influence the political-military calculations of potential adversaries, and to scare enemy countries. They want the world to recognize them as a military power and that they can destroy an entire nation with their weapons.
These weapons are very destructive. The atomic bombs of today are about eight to forty times greater than the bomb detonated on ...

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