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Non-conventional attacks? Insects and weeds to attend to defend the civil population

Washington, USA - Some interesting researches in the United States ordered by Pentagon aim to more "natural" solutions against terrorism

Pentagon and the US Universities are carrying on several studies aimed to exploit "natural" (even if genetically modified) solutions to face the threat of chemical and bacteriological terroristic attacks besides fires. The idea would be the one of resorting to insects able to react in a particular manner to the existance in the environment of substances considered as dangerous (or even lethal) for...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 108576
Rome, Italy, 11/26/2004 12:42
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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