US Research Of Ways To Deliver Biological Weapons Breaches Int'l Pacts - Russian Military

US Research of Ways to Deliver Biological Weapons Breaches Int'l Pacts - Russian Military

The Russian Defense Ministry is aware of the United States researching ways to deliver and unleash biological weapons in breach of international accords, a top Russian military official said Thursday.

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 04th October, 2018) The Russian Defense Ministry is aware of the United States researching ways to deliver and unleash biological weapons in breach of international accords, a top Russian military official said Thursday.

Maj. Gen. Igor Kirillov, commander of the Russian Armed Forces' Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defense Troops, said there were images of munition the United States considered using to deliver chemical and biological agents.

"This is in line with the US concept of 'contactless warfare' ... They [images] show how capsules can be filled with poisonous, radioactive or narcotic substances, and pathogens. Such munitions are not listed among conventional or humane weapons, while any publishing of such data runs against international accords on nonproliferation of biological weapons," Kirillov said.

He added that research documents were stored at the Lugar Center for Public Health Research in Georgia, and Russia intended to ask the US and former Soviet republic's authorities what was their purpose.

"We want a clear answer from the Georgian and US sides," he said.