A Glance on Biological Warfare

Biological Warfare is an old affair that we have known since the first conquest in our time here on Earth. History has shown us that the use of biological weapon with the likes of bubonic disease elements has been found in medieval times. Also the use of anthrax in war has been profoundly seen as tactical advantage during war. In the medieval ages, the bubonic plague infected carcasses were ditched into the enemy water sources which caused massive catastrophe.

During World War 2 the Japanese dropped flea bombs infected with bubonic plague over the cities of China. This resulted in deaths of thousands of civilians across the Chinese city. Extracting information from the history, we have come a long way in advancement of synthetic biology. This progress in Synthetic biology has been used in making genetically advanced bio-weapons. These synthetic bio-weapons have more registered kills than both the nuclear and chemical warfare combined.

Advancement in Synthetic biology has now invented various forms of bio-weapons which are deployed through the aerosol system and missiles. Each type of bio weapons has its own purpose.

Aggressive purpose

The Modern Biological Weapon Manufacturers claimed that the bacteria used in the Bio-Warfare has been synthetically modified and can be narrowed down on the environment they are released. The aggressive purposes of these weapons are especially designed to impede the advancing forces of the enemies. The aggressive Bio Warfare uses bacteria’s like Anthrax which can have massive outbreak as far as 200 km from the released point.

Against Food Supplies of the Target

This Biological Warfare was especially developed for destroying enemy’s agriculture using plant disease. The bacteria’s like bioherbicide and mycoherbicides are used for attacking the crops of the enemies. Its effect was widely seen during the Cold War.

Also the livestock too were meant to be attacked by these Bio-Weapons. Use of these types of Bio-Weapons can be found in Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya. The cattle were killed using the venomous latex from the African milk bush.

A penny for a thought

Research has shown that Biological Warfare is and has always been a major threat during the wars. The thing about Biological Warfare is that it is relatively very cost effective to develop than nuclear or chemical weapons. One can make DIY Biological Weapon in their own settlements only for a few bucks. Various nations all over the world have their own laws in regulating the synthetic biological experiments into Biological weapons.

In sum, the Innovations done by mankind can be used for destructive purposes. It’s the intention of the user that separates Good from the Evil. After all, the advancement in science is purely for the nourishment of the Human Race.

Military Robots- Robotic Warfare

As man continues to search for answers so will the improvement of robots and other machineries. After all, mankind believes in achieving the impossible.

The use of robots in warfare has sparked some debate among those who view robotic warfare as less expensive and practical as against humanists who claim that robots are not capable of making ethical warfare decision. One of this is whether or not to use brute force, or if these robots can be made capable of observing codes of conduct, honor and ethics amidst the violence, loss of life and other damage brought upon by wars.

Detractors are saying that robots cannot differentiate whether the situation calls for using lethal tactics or not. This is why some experts on robotics and software development have come up with an idea to program this robots to have some degree of "guilt' during war time.

As of this present time, software engineers are working on a program that will teach robots how to observe rules of engagement during a combatant warfare. There is a lot of research going if the robot can perform and execute actions unmanned. the journey is still rough but experts are doing their level best.

Also, they are seeking ways for which drones or combatant robots will be able to recognize existing laws and international rules. If successful, the rate of non-combatant casualties will be lessened. However, this is still being studied by robotics experts.

Such act has been highly criticized by some roboticist. They claim that making robots understand human emotion and the world in general has been a decades-long problem. Although most of them acknowledge that the use of automated machines in future combats is inevitable, they push for further studies of how to improve the performance of automated robots.

While maintaining that robots are not likely to seek revenge and do not get angry, robots do not have mercy or sympathy as well. Robots do not understand human nature or the reason why wars are fought. They function to every order given to them and they only act upon specific programs that were installed into their memory or processor.

It can be said the robotics has its first and most useful application in space and military application. The technology has made it easier for people to develop robots in the warfare world. The only drawback is that these robots must be controlled by people even when they’re in combat or war but they’re good as they can do what is impossible or risky for human involvement.