Annie Jacobsen Highlights Severe Bioweapon Threat and US Preparedness Gaps
Author Annie Jacobsen, known for her work on "Biological War," has issued a stark warning regarding the global threat posed by bioweapons, asserting they are both cheaper and deadlier than nuclear armaments, and that the United States is currently unprepared for such an attack. Jacobsen detailed that the Soviet bioweapons program was not dismantled following the Cold War but rather absorbed, with the State Department now indicating that Russia and North Korea maintain active illegal programs. Concerns also extend to China and Iran regarding their potential bioweapon activities. A critical aspect of this threat, according to experts cited by Jacobsen, is the low barrier to entry for creating bioweapons, suggesting that they could potentially be developed in a basement with basic biological knowledge and assistance from artificial intelligence. The Pentagon has reportedly identified biological weapons as the greatest overall threat among weapons of mass destruction. Jacobsen underscored the severity of poten... 
