Sverdlovsk: The Soviet BW Program Analysis

• Introduction In the spring of 1979, an outbreak of anthrax claimed dozens, possibly hundreds, of lives in the Soviet city of Sverdlovsk Upon discovering the incident, the US claimed it was a result of an accident at a biological warfare facility In response, the USSR stated that the outbreak came from consumption of tainted meat It would not be until the 1990s that the truth of what happened at Sverdlovsk would be established

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