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2026-10-14 -Land of the Free

US soldiers can't be protected from all bioweapons, Army admits amid troubling surge in threats

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Posted by Skidmark 2026-10-14 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [157 views ] Top

1 The military couldn't since they fought them during the Revolutionary war. Chemical weapons are easier, but not 100%. Bioweapons are a fucking nightmare to defend against.

Posted by DarthVader 2026-10-14 02:06|| 2026-10-14 02:06|| Front Page Top

2 .....U.S. officials continue to assess whether Moscow maintains an offensive biological weapons program after a mysterious death in Russia was linked to an anti-plague facility

We could have conducted our own BIO and 'Gain of Function' capabilities, had Fauci, his staff, and lawyers not been granted blanket amnesty by the Biden administration. Entire topic falls squarely on the “Thine own eye first” theory.

Safe ground dictates an assumption both the Chinese and Russians already have such a capability.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-10-14 05:47|| 2026-10-14 05:47|| Front Page Top

3 /\ .....examination of our own capabilities.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-10-14 05:48|| 2026-10-14 05:48|| Front Page Top

4 ZERO - WHO Issues Update On Russian Plague Lab Worker's Death

Posted by Besoeker 2026-10-14 05:54|| 2026-10-14 05:54|| Front Page Top

5 Bio-weapon? You mean like Covid shots sir?

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-10-14 07:21|| 2026-10-14 07:21|| Front Page Top

6 They've bioweapons that distinguish between military and civilian?

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2026-10-14 10:40|| 2026-10-14 10:40|| Front Page Top

7 We never could. This is not news, just old facts.

Posted by 49 Pan 2026-10-14 18:42|| 2026-10-14 18:42|| Front Page Top

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