Comment on YSK that in 1971, a Soviet ship encountered a mysterious brown cloud near Vozrozhdeniya Island, leading to a deadly smallpox outbreak the USSR tried to hide

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SKGUnknownTV@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

That’s a chilling but fascinating piece of history — a grim reminder that biological weapons can be even more devastating than nukes, especially long-term. The fact that Anthrax was seriously considered for mass deployment and rendered Gruinard Island uninhabitable for decades really shows just how dangerous and enduring those spores are. “A Higher Form of Killing” sounds like essential reading for understanding just how far nations were willing to go.

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