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I wonder if that counts as biological warfare? I mean, theoretically you could really hurt an entire industry. A large Fruit Fly outbreak in certain countries

I wonder if that counts as biological warfare? I mean, theoretically you could really hurt an entire industry. A large Fruit Fly outbreak in certain countries could have really affect gdp

trhway 12y ago
>I wonder if that counts as biological warfare? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_against_the_potato_beetle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_against_the_potato_beetle i remember how we, schoolchildren, collected these beetles which "American imperialists send to destroy our potato crops". That could have easily been photo of me only i was in USSR, not in Eastern Germany http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_against_the_potato_beetle#German_Democratic_Republic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_against_the_potato_beetle#G... :)
- paganel 12y ago
  Good memories! I did take part in that "war", only that for me it happened after the Wall had already fallen (somewhere in the mid-'90s) but the damn beetles were still doing their thing. It was me, my brother and our grand-mother collecting those damn insects all-day long somewhere in a Carpathian village.
  - trhway 12y ago
    in that case, being from Eastern-European country, you may find this entertaining (i suppose your former country has done the right thing - i.e. join the NATO :) given the way (pro-)Russian rebels appeared http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_potato_beetle#2014_pro-Russian_conflict_in_Ukraine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_potato_beetle#2014_pro... and (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribbon_of_Saint_George http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribbon_of_Saint_George)
AlyssaRowan 12y ago
I understand it does, yes. The infamous Porton Down apparently has (or at the very least had) a large collection of nasty agricultural pests and knows how to weaponise them (and presumably how to defend against them). This kind of thing has indeed been explored in the context of warfare. http://cns.miis.edu/cbw/agchron.htm http://cns.miis.edu/cbw/agchron.htm chronicles some cases (and several hoaxes).

I wonder if that counts as biological warfare? I mean, theoretically you could really hurt an entire industry. A large Fruit Fly outbreak in certain countries could have really affect gdp

trhway 12y ago

>I wonder if that counts as biological warfare? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_against_the_potato_beetle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_against_the_potato_beetle i remember how we, schoolchildren, collected these beetles which "American imperialists send to destroy our potato crops". That could have easily been photo of me only i was in USSR, not in Eastern Germany http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_against_the_potato_beetle#German_Democratic_Republic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_against_the_potato_beetle#G... :)

paganel 12y ago
Good memories! I did take part in that "war", only that for me it happened after the Wall had already fallen (somewhere in the mid-'90s) but the damn beetles were still doing their thing. It was me, my brother and our grand-mother collecting those damn insects all-day long somewhere in a Carpathian village.
- trhway 12y ago
  in that case, being from Eastern-European country, you may find this entertaining (i suppose your former country has done the right thing - i.e. join the NATO :) given the way (pro-)Russian rebels appeared http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_potato_beetle#2014_pro-Russian_conflict_in_Ukraine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_potato_beetle#2014_pro... and (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribbon_of_Saint_George http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribbon_of_Saint_George)

AlyssaRowan 12y ago

I understand it does, yes. The infamous Porton Down apparently has (or at the very least had) a large collection of nasty agricultural pests and knows how to weaponise them (and presumably how to defend against them). This kind of thing has indeed been explored in the context of warfare. http://cns.miis.edu/cbw/agchron.htm http://cns.miis.edu/cbw/agchron.htm chronicles some cases (and several hoaxes).