Potent threat of biochemical weapons deserves greater attention

Canadian taxes are better spent on countering biochemical threats than on expensive equipment for undertaking high-intensity conventional operations like the overpriced F-35.

Soldiers in the 20th CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives) Command are pictured at the U.S. Army's Yongsan Garrison in South Korea. The American government and NATO allies have spent billions on preparing against possible attacks from biological weapons since 2001—Canada needs to spend more, writes Erika Simpson. Photograph courtesy of U.S. Army

Opinion

BY ERIKA SIMPSON

November 20, 2019

There were approximately 10,000 ISIS prisoners in camps across northeastern Syria, but already more than 800 suspected detainees have escaped due to Turkey’s military incursion into northern Syria. ISIS was ranked by Forbes in 2018 as the world’s richest terrorist organization. Its ann...

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