Table 2
Biological Weapons: Offensive Programs, to the Degree Known
|
State |
Offensive R&D |
Testing |
Production |
Stockpiling |
Alleged Use |
|
Middle
East |
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|
Iraq |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
Iran |
Yes |
|
Small |
|
|
|
Syria |
Yes |
|
|
|
|
|
Egypt |
Yes |
|
In the past |
In the past |
|
|
Libya |
Yes |
|
Small |
|
|
|
Israel |
Yes |
Probably |
Probably [my estimate] |
|
|
|
Non-Middle
East |
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South Africa |
In the past |
? |
In the past [small quantities] |
In the past [small quantities] |
In the past |
|
Former Rhodesia |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Yes, in the 1970s, wartime |
|
North Korea |
Yes |
Yes [1993/FIS] |
Yes [1993/FIS] |
|
|
|
USSR |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
In the past |
Alleged; Afghanistan, glanders, 1992 |
|
China |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
In the past |
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