イラクの生物兵器. 過去は未来として
1Center for Public Issues in Biotechnology, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, College Park 20740, USA.
JAMA
|August 6, 1997
まとめ
イラク・イラク・イラク イラク・イラク イラク・イラク
科学分野:
- バイオセキュリティと国際関係
- 生物戦争 脅威評価 脅威評価
- 大量破壊兵器は大量破壊兵器である.
背景:
- イラクは1985年から1991年4月までの間に,生物戦用の炭菌,ボツリヌム毒素,アフラトキシンを開発した.
- 砂漠の嵐作戦の際に200発の爆弾と25発の弾道ミサイルを介して,生物学的兵器が配備された.
- イラクの生物兵器計画は,その限界にもかかわらず,重大な懸念を醸した.
研究 の 目的:
- ペルシャ湾岸戦争中のイラクの生物兵器兵器の軍事的効果を評価する.
- イラクの生物兵器の無効性の理由を分析する.
- イラクの生物兵器の継続的な脅威について議論し,国際的対応を勧告する.
主な方法:
- 1985年から1991年のイラクの生物兵器プログラムデータの分析.
- 武器の配備数と種類を評価する.
- 軍事演劇場の支配と連合軍の指揮/統制能力の評価.
主要な成果:
- イラクの生物兵器兵器は,その小規模,非効率な分散機構,連合軍の空中優位性により,軍事的に無効であった可能性が高い.
- 湾岸戦争での敗北にもかかわらず,イラクの生物兵器能力の脅威は残っています.
- サダム・フセインが引き続き大量破壊兵器を欲しがっていることは,世界の安全保障上の懸念事項となっている.
結論:
- 国際社会は,イラクが生物兵器能力を再獲得することを阻止するために,国連の決議を執行しなければならない.
- 未来の大量破壊兵器の開発を制限するために,多学科的なアプローチが不可欠です.
- イラクがもたらす生物兵器の脅威を軽減するために,継続的な警戒と厳格な執行が必要である.
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