所谓生物武器,系指由生物战剂及其施放装置组成的一种特殊武器。它是以伤害人畜、毁坏农作物为作战目的的非常规性武器。同核武器、化学武器一样,它亦被视为极具有危害的大规模杀伤武器。因最初多以病菌为战剂,以小动物和老鼠、昆虫、苍蝇、蚊子、跳蚤及其他杂物为施放载体,故而原称细菌武器。 随着生物技术的进步及其在军事上的广泛应用,现代生物武器战剂已发展为6类 The so-called biological weapons, refers to the biological warfare agents and their release device composed of a special type of weapon. It is an unconventional weapon that aims to injure humans and animals and destroy crops. Like nuclear weapons and chemical weapons, it is also regarded as a very harmful weapon of mass destruction. For the first time more germs as warrants to small animals and mice, insects, flies, mosquitoes, fleas and other debris for the release of vector, it was originally called a bacterium and weapon. With the advancement of biotechnology and its extensive military application, modern biological warfare agents have been developed into six categories