Anmerkung: Die Quelle Southfront.org kenne ich persönlich nicht. Da die Angaben im Artikel durch FOI-Dokumente und andere Quellen belegt sind, sind die Informationen durch weitere Quellen zumindest verifizierbar. Die Beispiele beschreiben offenbar nur einen kleinen Teil der Arbeit in Porton Down - die Schnittmenge von Projekten, die Porton Down im Auftrag des Pentagon durchführt.
Durch eine Reihe von FOI-Anfragen in Großbritannien sind Details zu Pentagon-finanzierten Bio- und Chemiewaffenprogrammen in Porton Down aus den letzten Jahren (2010-2015) bekannt geworden. Was allerdings die Amerikaner offenbar nicht davon abhält, die Existenz ab zu streiten:
Die offizielle Stellungnahme der USA
"US official lied in Brussels about the Pentagon biolaboratories.
Robert Kadlec, Assistant Secretary at the US Department of Health, categorically denied the existence of an American bio-weapons program at a seminar on the threat of biological and chemical weapons. The event was organized by the European Parliament on 7th March in Brussels. "
Die Fakten (aus FOI-Anfragen)
Salisbury Nerve Agent Attack Reveals $70 Million Pentagon Program At Porton Down
https://southfront.org/salisbury-nerve-agent-attack-reveals-70-million-pentagon-program-porton/
Deutsche Übersetzung:https://linkezeitung.de/2018/04/02/salisbury-nervengasangriff-enthuellt-70-millionen-pentagon-programm-in-porton-down/
Tierversuche mit Biowaffen
A total of 122,050 animals have been exposed to deadly pathogens, chemicals and incurable diseases over the last decade (2005-2016).
Animals used include mice, guinea pigs, rats, pigs, ferrets, sheep, and non-human primates. Scientists at Porton Down have infected, or poisoned, animals in order to measure time to death and lethal dose of exposure. In practice, the possible use of the researched virus/chemical gas as a weapon.
12 Marmoset monkeys were experimentally infected with the Ebola virus, via aerosol, at Porton Down under a Pentagon-funded project
2017: Experimental respiratory Marburg virus haemorrhagic fever infection. This virus causes viral hemorrhagic fever and is listed as a Category A Bioterrorism Agent. All infected monkeys died from 8 to 10 days. The aim of the studies was to examine the dose and time to death for animals exposed to aerosolized Marburg virus.
Chemical agent tests
2016: During the experiment at Porton Down 16 pigs were exposed to mustard gas for about 10 minutes, at 12 h post exposure the animals were killed (three of them died during the experiment due to complications) and a full post-mortem examination performed in order to determine the lung damage caused by the sulfur mustard inhalation.
Sulfur mustard is a chemical warfare agent that was first used on the battlefield in World War I. The last use of Sulfur mustard in battle was confirmed in Syria in 2016. According to the BBC, Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists used mustard gas against government forces in Deir-ez-Zor. The same chemical gas was confirmed to have been used by ISIS against Kurds in Northern Iraq.
Porton Down scientists test chemical gas on London Tube passengers
Chemical gas was released on thousands of unsuspecting commuters during a military experiment on the London Underground, documents reveal. These chemical tests were performed in 2013 by scientist from Porton Down. [Anmerkung: Bei den Studien wurden offenbar mit UNGEFÄHRLICHEN Materialien (Silika, SF6 etc) während der (Haupt)verkehrszeiten) der U-Bahn Daten für Computermodelle gemessen.]