U.S. tested germ weapons in S. Pacific in 1960s

U.S. tested germ weapons in S. Pacific in 1960s

WASHINGTON, United States - Ken Alibek, the lead scientist for the Soviet Union and later Russia's biological warfare program from 1988 to 1992, has told Kyodo News that the United States conducted germ warfare tests at the Johnston Atoll in the South Pacific, an allegation confirmed by a former U.S. official who oversaw the tests. Alibek said he learned of the U.S. field tests from Soviet intelligence.

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    WASHINGTON, United States - Ken Alibek, the lead scientist for the Soviet Union and later Russia's biological warfare program from 1988 to 1992, has told Kyodo News that the United States conducted germ warfare tests at the Johnston Atoll in the South Pacific, an allegation confirmed by a former U.S. official who oversaw the tests. Alibek said he learned of the U.S. field tests from Soviet intelligence.