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Clapper: North Korea close to deploying road-mobile ICBMs
James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, told Congress on Tuesday that North Korea is close to deploying a new road-mobile intercontinental missile that could threaten the United States....
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Obama signs PAHPRA into law
President Barack Obama signed the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act into law this weak, reauthorizing provisions of the Project Bioshield Act of 2004 and the Pandemic and...
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Maine could be chosen as site for missile defense system
A site in northern Maine could be chosen as a location for a new missile defense system meant to knock down nuclear warheads bound for the United States. Officials with the U.S. Department of Defense...
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Syrian general defects, joins rebels
Syrian Army General Mohammed Ezz al-Din Halouf has allegedly defected to the opposition, adding that morale in Syria’s army has collapsed. A man identified as Khalouf announced his defection in a video...
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Vial containing biological weapon goes missing at lab
Officials from a laboratory at the University of Texas Medical Branch recently warned that a vial containing a potential biological weapon is missing. The vial, which was stored at the Galveston...
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Syrian opposition head resigns
Moaz Khatib, the head of a U.S.-backed Syrian opposition coalition, announced his resignation on Sunday. Khatib’s resignation is seen as a significant blow to a coalition heralded by the United States...
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U.S., South Korea reach agreement on response to North’s provocations
The U.S. military announced on Monday that it had reached an agreement with South Korea on how provocations from North Korea would be countered. The deal, signed on Friday, delineates the role of U.S....
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Poll: Americans favor intervening to stop Iran gaining nuclear weapons
A new poll by the Pew Research Center found that a majority of Americans strongly favor considering military action against Iran to stop it from obtaining nuclear weapons. The poll found that 64...
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USS Freedom joins Pacific’s 7th Fleet
The USS Freedom, the Navy’s first littoral combat ship, has joined the Pacific’s 7th Fleet. The arrival of the Freedom comes on the heels of warnings from North Korea that it was placing its artillery...
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Conventional arms trade treaty blocked by Iran, Syria and North Korea
Iran, Syria and North Korea have opposed the Arms Trade Treaty draft, which would regulate the sale of conventional weapons. The three countries blocked the consensus required for passage of the draft...
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BSL-4 lab at Fort Detrick moving forward, report says
Despite an announcement last week that the construction of a medical countermeasure facility was put on hold at Fort Detrick, other facilities, including a biosafety level 4 laboratory, will continue...
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Thirteen people contract anthrax in Peru
Thirteen people in Peru have contracted anthrax after people in the area handled a diseased animal. The infection occurred in the Otuzco province of the La Libertad region of Peru. The confirmation of...
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Canadian man given indefinite prison term over ricin-laced water
A Lebanese-born man who was convicted of 11 counts of attempted murder for sending poisoned water and letter bombs to multiple targets has been labeled a dangerous offender in Canada, receiving an...
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PharmAthene secures $7.5 million in senior secured credit facilities
PharmAthene, Inc., has secured $7.5 million in senior secured credit facilities from GE Capital’s Healthcare Financial Services. The credit facilities consist of a $2.5 million term loan and a...
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Department of Homeland Security’s Garza says first response guidelines will...
Dr. Alexander Garza, the assistant secretary of health affairs and chief medical officer of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, testified last week before the House Subcommittee on Emergency...
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Fauci recommends extended moratorium on risky research
Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, recommended this week that researchers take part in an extended moratorium on dual-use research like the recent...
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Minn. exercise will measure anthrax response time by USPS
A bioterrorism simulation scheduled for Sunday will take place in the Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, area to determine how quickly the United States Postal Service can respond to an anthrax...
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U.K. Army official warns of poison-carrying terrorist drones
A senior Army officer attempted to justify a plan to place missiles on London apartment rooftops during the Olympics on Friday by warning of possible terrorist plans to use unmanned drones carrying...
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West could have to intervene to seize Syria’s chemical weapon stockpile
Western governments could be forced to gain control of the chemical weapons stockpile of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad before the deadly weapons become vulnerable to terrorists. The chemical stockpile...
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Zombie outbreak simulated for emergency preparedness
Pennsylvania’s Franklin County used a zombie-themed apocalypse last week as a means of emergency preparedness. The drill, held on Saturday by the Franklin County Department of Emergency Services, used...
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