Peculiarities of Biological and Chemical Weapons were Discussed during the Seminar
Today, the 2nd seminar of the Chair of Physical Training, Emergency Situations and Civil Defense was held attended by representatives of the Chair, students.
Neda Petrosyan, lecturer and Siranush Harutyunyan, Associate Professor, PhD in Chemistry, reported respectively on “Biological Weapon” and “Chemical Weapon”. Reference to application precedents, effects, penetration into the human body, and the ways of infection of the mentioned weapons was done. Neda Petrosyan described the types of biological weapons separately - bird flu, swine flu, "Ebola", "Zika" and others, mentioned ways of spreading them. As the lecturer underlined, research has shown that these viruses are anthrax and are spread artificially. It was noteworthy that her explanation was also about the peculiarities of genetic weapons.
Siranush Harutyunyan spoke in detail about six historical cases of the use of weapons of mass destruction in war situations. The chemical weapon is deadly, and in some cases it disturbs the human central nervous system.
ASUE Media and Public Relations Division
Previous news here