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Journalist Annie Jacobsen warns bioweapons pose near-nuclear-level threat due to low entry barrier

In an interview, national security journalist Annie Jacobsen says biological weapons rank as a close second to nuclear weapons on a Defense Department threat spectrum, despite being less destructive overall. She attributes this to the low barrier to entry for creating bioweapons compared to nuclear arms, which require state-level resources like fissile material and delivery systems.