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<p>"Despite existence of treaties prohibiting their use, biological weapons continue to pose a potential threat to national security. As the effects of biological agents are often indiscriminant and can result in large numbers of casualties, their use, manufacture and storage have long been banned by many international committees. Nevertheless, recent events have led to serious concerns that terrorist organizations and rogue states currently have access to these weapons. As recently as March of 2013, U.S. intelligence suggested that Syria, for example, had expanded their biological weapons program beyond research and development and will likely have the capacity to disperse these agents using rocket delivery systems."
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<br>Subjects: military medicine; ophthalmology; biological warfare</div>
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U.S. Department of Defense. Department of Veterans Affairs. Vision Center Of Excellence</div>
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