WE HAVE BEEN WARNED – AT 2:50 P.M. ET:  North Korea is developing biological weapons to go with the rest of their WMD arsenal.  From the New York Post: 

North Korea plans to acquire machinery for a biological weapons program – including factories to produce deadly microbes and labs that specialize in genetic modification, according to a report.

The country also has sent scientists abroad to earn advanced degrees in microbiology, and is offering to sell biotechnology services to developing nations, US and Asian intelligence officials and weapons experts told The Washington Post.

Current and former US officials said they have not yet seen any hard evidence that North Korea has ordered the production of any weapons besides samples and prototypes, the paper reported.

“That the North Koreans have [biological] agents is known, by various means,” a senior US official familiar with military preparations for a biological attack told the paper on the condition of anonymity.

“The lingering question is, why have they acquired the materials and developed the science, but not yet produced weapons?”

The North’s push on the biological front has alarmed US analysts, who say Pyongyang — which is seeking to develop a nuclear warhead capable of reaching the US mainland — could quickly launch an industrial-scale production of deadly pathogens with which to threaten its neighbors or US troops.

US officials acknowledge that spy agencies may not be able to detect a change in North Korea’s program because the new technologies are ensconced in civilian factories that ostensibly produce agricultural and pharmaceutical products.

COMMENT:  Biological weapons kill people but leave buildings intact.  They are perfect weapons for the North Korean regime.

December 12, 2017