From Kirillov’s Assassination to Covert Bio-Labs: Inside the New Era of Strategic Pathogen Warfare

ABSTRACT On December 17, 2024, in Moscow, an improvised explosive device containing approximately 200 grams of TNT detonated near Lieutenant General Igor Anatolyevich Kirillov, the head of Russia’s Troops of Radiological, Chemical, and Biological Defense (RChBD), killing him and his close assistant. The explosive, hidden within a seemingly innocuous electric scooter on Ryazansky Prospekt, shattered … Leggi tutto From Kirillov’s Assassination to Covert Bio-Labs: Inside the New Era of Strategic Pathogen Warfare