NationStates Jolt Archive

Can anyone list the weapons that can only be used as prototypes at Modern Times?

And can us manufactur a special kind of bullet that hold Anthrax and/or Ebola?
If can (in modern times) will it be prototypes or can it be mass-produced?
I really wonder...

And for how long Ebola can survive without food? If it's only small amount of time then my troops really have to carry cooler box.

The heat from the firing itself would kill the biologics inside the bullet, so it's not really possible in any time. Unless you're firing it with an air gun, in which case the range is so short the guy firing it will get infected as well.

And on top of that I don't know why you'd want to use a biological weapon infected bullet as if you use it on most nations, myself included, you'll simply be nuked in response.

And on top of that I don't know why you'd want to use a biological weapon infected bullet as if you use it on most nations, myself included, you'll simply be nuked in response.

Damn straight.

I certainly wouldn't give my soldiers a bullet that they would need NBC gear to handle.

Well, true... I just RP-ed it for me because I get [free] bio-weapon...
And the only thing I can imagine to do to it is to get them into a bullet...
Still if I can at least throw one plastic full of them to the enemy they will be infected, isn't it?

Well, true... I just RP-ed it for me because I get [free] bio-weapon...
And the only thing I can imagine to do to it is to get them into a bullet...
Still if I can at least throw one plastic full of them to the enemy they will be infected, isn't it?

Not sure what you mean. A plastic container, or general container or even small bomb delivery? Yes, everyone close enough to be infected will be infected, but it will take lots of such things to infect lots of troops. And if your enemy has the capability of medical treatment of those infections, then very very few will die from the attack, far fewer then if you just used regular bombs.

And then, once again, you'll be stuck facing a nation who you have just used a weapon of mass destruction on. They will not be happy, and very few in the international world would object if they retaliated in kind through nuclear or chemical means. Which means for you, using biological weapons on an enemy could result in them, or one of their allies, simply droping enough nukes on your country to make it nothing more then a plate of radioactive glass. So why do you want to use biological weapons? They only act to destroy your nation, and inflict very little damage on your enemy.

Unless your enemy is a third world nation with no such nuclear or medical capabilities, then he'll die off like there's no tommorow. But there are very few, if any, of those nations in NS.

What about the newer player?

Bioweapons aren't really good for anything other than use as terror weapons. Any competent RL military (US, UK, most anyone in NATO) can fight in a NBC enviroment with minimal loss of effectiveness. Consider that most NS militaries are much better trained and equipped than any RL ones and you see how meaningless they are. Besides most nataions will respond with nukes if you use bioweapons on them.

Besides putting anthrax or Ebola in a bullet is rather pointless anyway.