Why Must I?This is where I'll say, wear em if you got em!
I'm real f'ed up 🤫 bc I have all this horrifying info stuck in my head, I'm thinking, I'll pass it on to you and then it'll leave me alone😴 sleep, finally!Send your therapy bills my way.
Unit 731, a covert biological and chemical warfare research and development unit of the Imperial Japanese Army that engaged in lethal human experimentation and biological weapons manufacturing during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) and World War II. Unit 731 was based in Pingfang, Harbin, the largest city in the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo (now Northeast China) and had active branch offices throughout China and Southeast Asia.
Unit 731 was responsible for some of the most notorious war crimes committed by the Japanese armed forces. It routinely conducted tests on people who were dehumanized and internally referred to as "logs". Experiments included disease injections, controlled dehydration, biological weapons testing, hypobaric pressure chamber testing, vivisection, organ harvesting, amputation, and standard weapons testing. Victims included not only kidnapped men, women (including pregnant women) and children but also babies born from the systemic rape perpetrated by the staff inside the compound. The victims also came from different nationalities, with the majority being Chinese and a significant minority being Russian.
Unit 731 also produced biological weapons that were used in areas of China not occupied by Japanese forces, which included Chinese cities and towns, water sources, and fields. Estimates of those killed by Unit 731 and its related programs range up to half a million people, and none of the inmates survived. In the final moments of the Second World War, all prisoners were killed to conceal evidence.
Unit 731 was commanded by General Shirō Ishii, a combat medic officer. The facility itself was built in 1935 as a replacement for the Zhongma Fortress, a prison and experimentation camp. Unit 731 operated under the cover name “Epidemic Prevention and Water Purification Department of the Kwantung Army”. It was also known as the Kamo Detachment and the Ishii Unit.
Unit 731 was one of the most horrific and secretive atrocities of the 20th century. It is a dark and shameful chapter of human history that should never be forgotten.
There are several other covert groups that have tested or developed biological weapons in the past or present, violating international treaties and human rights. Some of them are:
- The Soviet Union: The Soviet Union covertly operated the world's largest, longest, and most sophisticated biological weapons program, thereby violating its obligations as a party to the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention. The program began in the 1920s and lasted until at least September 1992 but has possibly been continued by Russia after that.
- The United States: The United States biological weapons program officially began in spring 1943 on orders from U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Research continued following World War II as the U.S. built up a large stockpile of biological agents and weapons. Over the course of its 27-year history, the program weaponized and stockpiled seven bio-agents — Bacillus anthracis (anthrax), Francisella tularensis (tularemia), Brucella spp (brucellosis), Coxiella burnetii (Q-fever), Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus, Botulinum toxin (botulism), and Staphylococcal enterotoxin B. The US also pursued basic research on many more bio-agents. Throughout its history, the U.S. bioweapons program was secret. It was later revealed that laboratory and field testing (some of the latter using simulants on non-consenting individuals) had been common. The official policy of the United States was first to deter the use of bio-weapons against U.S. forces and secondarily to retaliate if deterrence failed. In 1969, President Richard Nixon ended all offensive (i.e., non-defensive) aspects of the U.S. bio-weapons program. In 1975 the U.S. ratified both the 1925 Geneva Protocol and the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)—international treaties outlawing biological warfare. Recent U.S. biodefense programs, however, have raised concerns that the U.S. may be pursuing research that is outlawed by the United Nation's.
- The Special Operations Division: The Special Operations Division (SOD) was a division of the U.S. Army Chemical Corps that operated from 1949 to 1969. The SOD was responsible for conducting secret tests of biological and chemical weapons on human and animal subjects. The SOD also developed and produced bio-weapons for the CIA and other agencies. Some of the SOD's activities included spraying bacteria into the Pentagon's air handling system, releasing mosquitoes infected with yellow fever and dengue fever over parts of Georgia and Florida, and exposing hundreds of volunteers to Q fever at Dugway Proving Ground.
- The Pentagon: The Pentagon is the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense and the symbol of the U.S. military. It is also the site of numerous bio-labs that are part of the Pentagon's biological weapons program, which never ended despite the official termination of the U.S. bio-weapons program in 1969. The Pentagon operates bio-labs in 25 countries across the world, using diplomatic cover to test man-made viruses and other bio-agents. The Pentagon's bio-labs are often located near outbreaks of diseases, such as Ebola in Africa and anthrax in Afghanistan, raising suspicions that the Pentagon may be involved in spreading or studying these diseases.
- The term for the strategy of using nuclear weapons to prevent or deter an enemy from using them first is called nuclear deterrence. This is based on the idea that the threat of mutually assured destruction (MAD) would prevent a nuclear war.
- The Wikipedia page that is dedicated to the near misses for nuclear weapons is called [Nuclear close calls](^6^). It lists some of the incidents that might have led to an unintended nuclear detonation or explosion, but did not.
- The exact number of nuclear near misses is not known, as some of them may be classified or unreported. However, according to one source, there have been at least 22 very close misses since nuclear weapons were first invented. *Holy balls! 22 very close misses? I need to get my life right be for the sky rains fire from an unintended nuclear destination. I'm sure they arnt paying these people enough.
- Some of the terminology related to nuclear near misses are:
* False alarm- A situation where a nuclear attack is mistakenly detected or reported, due to human error, technical malfunction, or misinterpretation of data.
* Nuclear accident: An event involving nuclear weapons or nuclear reactors that results in the release of radioactive material or the risk of a nuclear explosion.
* Nuclear safety: The prevention and mitigation of accidents or incidents involving nuclear material or facilities.
- This is a table of the number of safety near misses at nuclear reactors in the United States from 2010 to 2015, based on the data from the Union of Concerned Scientists.
| Year | Number of safety near misses |
| --- | --- |
| 2010 | 19 |
| 2011 | 19 |
| 2012 | 14 |
| 2013 | 10 |
| 2014 | 11 |
| 2015 | 10 |
