Updated: 9 Feb 2021, 0:45
DEFENCE Secretary Ben Wallace has warned the UK faces a growing threat of chemical and biological attacks.
He blamed a “breakdown of world order” for some regimes now believing it was acceptable to use nerve agents and pathogens against their opponents, after attacks in Britain and Syria.
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Ben Wallace said the UK as facing a growing threat of chemical and biological attacksCredit: Rex Features
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Mr Wallace said the greatest threat was the knowledge obtained by states being passed on to proxies or terrorist groups.
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Mr Wallace said some states believed it was acceptable to use nerve agents and pathogens against their opponents while a number of regimes had already showed they were willing to use such weapons of mass destruction on their own people. The Defence Secretary said these attacks were what happens in a sort of breakdown of world order and warned the internet provided a turbo boost for both extremist groups and nation states looking to research and develop such weapons.