The Future Military Applications and International Security Implications of Biotechnology and Nanotechnology

This thesis is an examination of possible future military applications and potential security problems posed by advanced biotechnology and nanotechnology. Research into the biological sciences is presented as a backdrop to the field of biotechnology. Biotechnology, the amalgamation of genetic engineering and gene-based therapeutics, may provide tools of warfare that could create security challenges of their own as proliferation contines. The focus of this assessment is on the more obvious military applications, from biological weapons to biological defenses, and the countries that are developing these technologies. The information herein leads compellingly to the possibility of eventual manipulation of matter on the atomic level, the theoretical basis for nanotechnology. Nanotechnology may enable manufacturing with atomic precision. And nanotechnology could be the deciding factor in the constitution of global militaries through the twenty-first century.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science in Defense and Strategic Studies

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Defense and Strategic Studies

Year

1998

Author dc:creator

• Van Ardoy, Franklin David

Contributors dc:contributor

• Jack Crouch

• Defense and Security Studies

Statement dc:rights

• © Franklin David Van Ardoy

Repository record dc:identifier

https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/theses/306

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:bearworks.missouristate.edu:theses-1307