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Birth of a Weapon - Part I

25 December 1969: Cold War Era President Nixon stood solemnly as he addressed the world with an unprecedented announcement. “The United States shall renounce the use of lethal biological agents and weapons, and all other methods of biological warfare. The United States will confine its biological research to defensive measures such as immunization and safety measures.” Nixon’s speech did little to quell the fears of a third war between the world’s superpowers. The biological threat was merely a footnote to the nuclear arsenals of the United States and Russia. The world could not yet comprehend the awesome power an