As the third revolution in warfare emerges after gunpowder and nuclear weapons—experts and campaigners fear that the weaponization of artificial intelligence, and the drive to develop lethal autonomous weapons systems (Laws), could bring the world closer to such a state than ever before.
When asked how realistic the weaponization of Marburg is, Slenczka was blunt: "Biological-weapons strategists must be pretty damn desperate if they jump at something just because it has a high lethality," he said.
"I understand that there's concern about things such as weaponization of development or whatnot, but we would posit that really the two need to go hand in hand".
Secretary of State John Kerry has the right attitude: No lifting of sanctions for anything less than the airtight closure to any possible weaponization of Iran's nuclear program.
For that matter, "Wonder Woman" is as harsh on the weaponization of paganism as it is on that of latter-day monotheistic religions.
Some derided it as the "weaponization of aid," and many charitable groups refused to take on projects in conflict areas, leading to an American reliance on mostly for-profit private contractors.
Iran has insisted that it is enriching uranium for peaceful uses and has rejected Security Council demands that it halt the activity until questions about the possible weaponization of its nuclear fuel stockpile are answered.
"The underlying narrative is, 'Don't trust anyone.'" The weaponization of information is not some project devised by a Kremlin policy expert but is an integral part of Russian military doctrine — what some senior military figures call a "decisive" battlefront.
When I asked Robinson, who knew Patrick and has seen McCleary's presentation, whether the extreme weaponization of tularemia suggests the limits of a therapeutic response and a role for vaccination, Robinson became circumspect.
Since the time of our last common ancestry with chimpanzees, millions of years ago, it may have contributed to the de-weaponization of maleness, including the elimination of self-sharpening male canine teeth, the reduction in male body size relative to females, the elimination of infanticide by ascendant alpha males, and the origin of paternal investment in their offspring.
The assessment in the October 2002 National Intelligence Estimate that, "[W]e judge that all key aspects -- research & development, production, and weaponization -- of Iraq's offensive biological weapons program are active and that most elements are larger and more advanced than they were before the gulf war" is not supported by the intelligence provided to the committee.
