General Introduction to my CAJ Biological Warfare

Hello Everyone!

I will just give you some brief general information about my Current Affairs Journal.
I chose the topic of Biological Warfare because I think it's particularly interesting and something we all should know at least a little bit about because it's very likely to be the most used form of warfare in the near future.

So, Biological Warfare is the practice of using biological agents as a weapon. These agents can be germs, viruses, bacteria and many more. Biological Warfare is considered extremely dangerous for several reasons:

• due to the fact that knowledge about biotechnology and the needed equipment is easily available everyone who wants to could technically create an Biological Warfare agent
• biological pathogens are almost impossible to detect
• because of the rapid progress in biotechnology pathogens can be modified, and this becomes easier and cheaper all the time
• these modifications can lead to the disease breaking out in Africa even though the pathogen was released in America - which makes it almost impossible to trace back its origins, let alone its creator

All these characteristics make biological weapons pretty perfect for warfare, be it terrorists or governments who want to make use of it. In addition to this, it is very hard to defend yourself against biological weapons, because even the slightest difference in the DNA sequence of the agent can make potential medicine absolutely useless. As if this was not enough biological weapons are far cheaper than any other kind of weapon and far more efficient. 

It's very likely that Biological Warfare will soon be the only kind of warfare used.