The Art of War: Biological Warfare

Dive into the terrifying world of biological warfare in our latest episode! Explore the history, mechanics, and potential future devastation caused by nature's deadliest agents. Don't miss this eye-opening installment of our Art of War series!

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[olivervarah]

It’s nice of you to cover a more lighthearted topic today

[mitchellneu]

This is honestly more of a nightmare to me than nuclear war. Well done on covering this one, Simon! If I may please make a request: I’d be interested in a Warographics video or series on any of the Crusades.

I know the Siege of Kerak, the Battle of Hattin, and the Fall of Jerusalem are depicted in the movie Kingdom Of Heaven, but awesome, movie-saving Director’s Cut or no, I feel like these battles, among others, need the Warographics treatment. Please, thanks, and keep up the awesome work!

[desertmammoth]

"Maybe you picture-"

"Raccoon City. I picture Raccoon City."

[theofficialken]

The smallpox vaccine alone laid me up for 2 days hallucinating with a high fever. Anthrax vaccines made my ears pop (deployment). I could only imagine how awful the real diseases could be if the vaccines are that terrible.

[ManiaMac]

What makes Bioweapons scarier than nuclear weapons in my mind are the lack of available countermeasures. There are ways to intercept ICBMs. A nuclear-capable bomber can be intercepted. They can be stopped. Bioweapons cannot be stopped. The best countermeasure for a bioweapon is to be somewhere else.

[Berengier]

Imagine being the guy who has to load the smallpox corpses on a catapult to launch into enemy castles

[claytondennis]

My sister caught and nearly died from Typhoid fever as a child. She caught it from a river swimming hole we went to. That summer was a drought. Doctors said most likely the typhoid was stirred up from the river mud by animals while the water level was down, and the bacteria came out of its lytic cycle once it was stirred up.

[DakotaNator]

This man goes hard on making videos back to back constant updates and recently put a 2 hour video like nothing and still pushing ! Freaking awesome this man one of the best creators for current news and recaps of past events that led up to recent events . ❤

[QwertiusMaximus]

My understanding is that it was the Mongols, who were suffering from bubonic plague themselves, that catapulted victims of the plagues into the besieged town and it was the siege survivors who spread the plague to Europe.

[falldownpit]

"When you think of 'Biological Warfare', it probably conjures up one of a few specific images..." And I'm the weird guy who grew up with Resident Evil on the Sega Saturn. Least it got me wanting to read into how biological stuff works in real life....

[yannislohnert]

Really good job, I did my Military service in the NBD(Nuclear, Bio, Chem) Hazard defence and you guys are straight on point. I myself am interested in Bacteria's and Viruses and I am currently studying in this direction. Great work!

"Fun fact": 1 square Km destruction cost:
Nuclear: 800$
Chem: 600$
Bio: 1$

So yeah... "Fun fact"

[brs]

As an American soldier I'm vaccinated against anthrax and smallpox. On deployment we carried countermeasures for chemical and biological weapons.

[Shjeshje]

"We wanna check out your shit. See what the stockpile of biological agents looks like."

"Veto."


"Damn. They got us there. Carry on!"

[DarkWarchieff]

The scariest part is how easy it is to get started with this, the internet is right here: petri dishes can be bought by anyone and if you know where to look, you'll soon own an anthrax, shigella or legionella culture.

[ARIXANDRE]

It's terrifying. My wife and I wage it every night under the sheets. A true methane apocalypse.

[Canucklepuckcommie]

Simon, as an MA in Law and Armed Conflict, your videos are bangers.

[CenterSouthern]

You should do an episode about drugs and warfare. How they were used by soldiers on the battlefield, programs of countries that tried weaponizing them, spycraft stuff, etc. I think that would be interesting.

[Paul-grfj]

I honestly cannot believe "the elephant in the room" was not mentioned.

[RobertoAllen]

My wife and I are both lactose intolerant, so bio warfare happens every night in bed after we consume dairy products.

[Sothas]

To give an idea of how easy it is, I'm working on a biotechnology degree. I don't have it yet. I could probably produce a bioweapon given that I had the proper equipment.