Weapons of Mass Destruction
Weapons of Mass Destruction

(1) Introduction (2) The Term * 1 Early uses of term * 1.1 Evolution of its use * 2 Definitions of the term * 2.1 United States * 2.1.1 Strategic * 2.1.2 Military * 2.1.3 Criminal (civilian) * 3 Common hazard symbols * 3.1 Radioactive weaponry/hazard symbol * 3.2 Biological weaponry/hazard symbol

(3) Treaties * 1 General * 2 Delivery systems * 3 Biological weapons * 4 Chemical weapons * 5 Nuclear weapons * 5.1 Non-proliferation * 5.1.1 By region * 5.2 Weapons limitation * 5.3 Cooperation (4) Nuclear (or) Atomic
(4.1) Nuclear warfare * 1 Types of nuclear warfare * 2 History a. 2.1 1940s i. 2.1.1 Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ii. 2.1.2 Immediately after the Japan bombings b. 2.2 1950s c. 2.3 1960s d. 2.4 1970s e. 2.5 1980s f. 2.6 Post–Cold War g. 2.7 Sub-strategic use * 3 Nuclear terrorism * 4 Survival
(4.2) Nuclear Weapons * 1 Types * 1.1 Fission weapons * 1.2 Fusion weapons * 1.3 Other types * 2 Weapons delivery * 3 Nuclear strategy * 4 Governance, control, and law * 4.1 Disarmament * 4.2 United Nations * 5 Controversy * 5.1 Ethics * 5.2 Notable nuclear weapons accidents * 5.3 Nuclear testing and fallout * 5.4 Public opposition * 6 Costs and technology spin-offs * 7 Non-weapons uses * 7.1 Civil engineering and energy production * 7.2 Physics * 7.3 Propulsion use * 7.4 Asteroid impact avoidance
(5) Chemical (5.1) Chemical warfare * 1 Definition * 2 History * 2.1 Ancient times * 2.2 Early modern era * 2.3 Industrial era * 2.3.1 World War I * 2.3.2 Interwar years * 2.3.2.1 Nerve agents * 2.3.3 World War II * 2.3.3.1 Imperial Japanese Army * 2.3.3.2 Nazi Germany * 2.3.3.3 Western allies * 2.4 Post-war * 2.4.1 Britain * 2.4.2 United States * 2.4.3 Soviet Union * 2.5 Use in post-WWII conflicts * 2.5.1 Stalag 13 prison camp * 2.5.2 North Yemen * 2.5.3 Vietnamese border raids in Thailand * 2.5.4 Iran–Iraq War * 2.5.5 Halabja * 2.5.6 Angola * 2.5.7 Falklands War * 2.6 Terrorism * 2.7 Chemical weapons treaties * 2.7.1 Chemical Weapons Convention * 3 Technology * 3.1 Chemical warfare agents * 3.1.1 Persistency * 3.1.2 Classes * 3.1.3 Designations * 3.2 Delivery * 3.2.1 Dispersion * 3.2.2 Thermal dissemination * 3.2.3 Aerodynamic dissemination * 3.3 Protection against chemical warfare * 3.3.1 Decontamination * 4 Sociopolitical climate * 4.1 Efforts to eradicate chemical weapons * 4.2 Chemical weapon proliferation * 5 Chemical weapons destruction * 5.1 India * 5.2 Iraq * 5.3 Japan * 5.4 Russia * 5.5 United States
(5.2) Chemical Weapons * 1 International law on chemical weapons * 1.1 Before the Second World War * 1.2 Modern agreements * 2 Use * 3 Countries with stockpiles * 3.1 CWC states with declared stockpiles * 3.1.1 India * 3.1.2 Iraq * 3.1.3 Japan * 3.1.4 Libya * 3.1.5 Russia * 3.1.6 United States * 3.1.7 Syria * 3.2 Non-CWC states with stockpiles * 3.2.1 Israel * 3.2.2 North Korea * 4 Manner and form * 5 Disposal * 6 Lethality * 7 Exposure during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn[76] * 8 Unitary versus binary weapons
(6) Biological (6.1) Biological Warfare * 1 Overview * 2 History * 3 Modern BW operations * 3.1 Offensive * 3.1.1 Anti-personnel * 3.1.2 Anti-agriculture * 3.1.3 Entomological warfare * 3.2 Defensive * 3.2.1 Research and development into medical counter-measures * 3.2.2 Role of public health and disease surveillance * 3.2.3 Common epidemiological clues that may signal biological attack * 3.2.4 Identification of bioweapons * 3.3 Genetic Warfare * 4 List of BW institutions, programs, projects and sites by country * 4.1 United States * 4.2 United Kingdom * 4.3 Soviet Union and Russia * 4.4 Japan * 4.5 Iraq * 4.6 South Africa * 4.7 Canada * 5 List of people associated with BW * 6 In popular culture
(6.2) Biological Agent * 1 Classifications * 1.1 Operational * 1.2 Legal * 1.3 Regulatory * 2 List of biological and toxin agents of military importance * 2.1 Bacterial bio-agents * 2.2 Chlamydial bio-agents * 2.3 Rickettsial bio-agents * 2.4 Viral bio-agents * 2.5 Mycotic bio-agents * 2.6 Biological toxins * 2.7 Biological vectors * 2.8 Simulants
(7) Radiological (7.1) Radiological warfare (7.2) Radiological weapon * 1 Explanation * 2 History * 3 Deployment * 4 Military uses * 5 Dirty bombs * 6 Salted bomb