But a newly uncovered document appears to prove what Moscow and Beijing are saying.
The document, originally posted in March 2015 and updated in January 2019, is titled, “Research and Development Directorate (RD) Chief Scientist and Innovations Department (RD-ST) Fundamental Research to Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction (C-WMD),” from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, describes how the agency built and funded bio-labs in several countries through 2024.
The “broad agency announcement” seeks to fund “fundamental research” which is further described as “basic and applied research in science and engineering, the results of which ordinarily are published and shared broadly within the scientific community, as distinguished from proprietary research and from industrial development, design, production, and product utilization, the results of which ordinarily are restricted for proprietary or national security reasons.”
Part of the effort involves “Cooperative Counter WMD Research with
Global Partners” that includes developing techniques to “counter”
weapons of mass destruction. It “involves exploratory basic and applied
research that will address opportunities to reduce, eliminate, and
counter WMD across the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and
High Explosive (CBRNE) spectrum,” the document says....<<<Read More>>>...