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Traces of anthrax antibodies were discovered in the system of a North Korean soldier who had defected to South Korea at some point in 2017, a local South Korean television station reported Tuesday.
The soldiers name and exact date of defection were not disclosed. But the defector is said to have been exposed to or vaccinated for anthrax, a serious bacterial disease, UPI reported, citing Channel A. They reportedly became immune to the disease before defection.
Anthrax antibodies have been found in the North Korean soldier who defected this year, according an unnamed South Korean official speaking to Channel A.
The news comes amid earlier reports that North Korea was beginning tests to mount anthrax onto intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the U.S.
The tests were to determine if anthrax could handle the intense heat and pressure it would experience on an ICBM.
North Korea has started experiments such as heat and pressure equipment to prevent anthrax from dying even at a high temperature of over 7,000 degrees generated at the time of ICBM's re-entry into the atmosphere, the Japanese newspaper Asahi reported, citing an unidentified person connected to South Korean intelligence services. In part, there is unconfirmed information that it has already succeeded in such experiments.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/north-korean-defector-had-anthrax-antibodies-in-system-report-says/ar-BBHo8dq?li=BBnbcA1
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)murielm99
(30,761 posts)But it goes back a long time. His military service was a long time ago.
I think he mentioned it once. I will have to ask him.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,337 posts)stevenleser
(32,886 posts)I wish we had a level headed President to deal with this issue.
Nevernose
(13,081 posts)I dont find it surprising in the least, either.
Its similar to that time we claimed that Iraq had chemical weapons. Of course they did: we sold them the chemical weapons.
The US military is still running biological warfare laboratorie for peaceful purposes, of course, because the military is all about that nonviolence and living in harmony. Its not like they were testing biological weapons on unwitting American civilians in many of our lifetimes, and cut short the lives of thousands of people from Tuskegee to San Francisco.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)Let me know if you need an explanation. I can provide dozens of bullet point examples