Oblask a Russian word meaning military district. A Russian biological warfare facility. ONR U. S. Navy Office of Naval Research. Paralytic cobra toxin the toxin produced by the cobra. There are reports the Russians have used recombinant DNA to introduce venom producing genes into bacteria.
Protein toxin a small poisonous molecule, produced naturally from bacteria or plants.
Botulinum toxin, most often found in contaminated food, is one of the deadliest toxins. A Russian biological weapons testing ground in the Aral Sea, used for open-air testing of weapons. Ricin a highly poisonous protein toxin from castor oil plant. A weapons grade was developed by the KGB and used by the Bulgarian Secret Service to assassinate defectors. A Russian Ministry of Defence biological weapons northeast of Moscow.