Is it true that the USA has patented a drone for the spread of combat mosquitoes?

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The Russian Permanent Representative of the UN accused the US for the development of drone to spread infected insects. According to him, the United States already has a patent for such a drone. We checked whether in the USA really developed a similar drone.

On October 28, 2022, at meetings of the UN Security Council, a permanent representative of the Russian Federation at the UN Vasily Neveenza accused The USA in the development of drone for the transfer of infected mosquitoes. In his speech Nebennia toldthat the United States already has a patent for such a drone. “The drone transports a container with a large number of mosquitoes - carriers of infections to a given area and releases them. With a bite, mosquitoes infect the attacked people with pathogens of particularly dangerous diseases, ”he shared the details of the non -enzyme. According to him words, this development violates the Convention on the Prohibition of Biological Weapons. The performance of Nebenzi was cited by many Russian Media. And users of social networks Created Memes about combat mosquitoes.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation expressed its concern about the American drone with infected mosquitoes in March 2022. Then the media They wrotethat shortly after the start of the “special military operation” in Ukraine, the Russian military managed to capture hundreds of documents proving that American experts studied non -traditional methods for the spread of biological weapons. The head of the radiation, chemical and biological protection of the Russian Armed Forces General Lieutenant Igor Kirillov declaredthat in the USA they patented a drone for the spread of infected mosquitoes. He Referred For patent No. 8967029, issued by the US Patent and Trademarks. The description of the patent allegedly says that this drone can destroy or disable enemy troops without risk to US military. Kirillov also Added: “As you know, in accordance with American legislation, a patent in the United States cannot be issued in the absence of a really existing device. Thus, we can conclude that the container as a means of delivery of biological agents was developed and produced. ”

A few months later, in October 2022, the same patent No. 8967029 He mentioned And the Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebena. He explained that combat mosquitoes can be more effective than the most modern weapons and military equipment, and demanded that the US involvement in the development of biological weapons in Ukraine began to begin an international investigation.

Interestingly, the Russian military became known about this patented drone several years ago. In 2018, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation already held briefingIn which the same drone mentioned with the same patent No. 8967029. Only then speech Walked On the biological developments of the United States in Georgia, not in Ukraine. In 2018, the Ministry of Defense analyzed Materialspublished by the former Minister of State Security of Georgia Igor Giorgadze, who accused The United States in conducting secret experiments on the inhabitants of Georgia. One of the documents published by Giorgadze was the same patent USA No. 8967029 dated March 3, 2015. In 2019, Kirillov included information about the American drone in his scientific article "Analytical review of research with carriers of arbovirus infections conducted by specialists of the US Department of Defense."

Patent No. 8967029 really exists and is in the public domain. In 2015, the US Patent and Trademark Office approved a patent for a drone that would be able to spray toxic mosquitoes - the Toxic Mosquito Aerial Release System (Tmars). Nevertheless, the Ministry of Defense and the Permanent Representative of Russia at the UN were mistaken in two aspects. Firstly, the presence of an approved patent does not mean that the device has already been created and is ready for use as asserted Kirillov. On the website of the department for patents and trademarks of the United States Writtenthat a detailed description of the device is required to issue a patent, but nothing is said about the need for a finished prototype. From Applications Tmars to a patent is clear that the author only thought out the design, and did not make the device itself: “The above modifications, including drawings, are examples and only illustrate the invention. Other embodiment options will be obvious to specialists in this field of technology. ”

Secondly, the applicant for a patent is a private person named Kalvert S. Mill. On the account of this person dozens Applications on patents on a variety of devices published by him from 2013 to 2015. For example:

• Foam for immobilization of robots;
• A stroke bullet;
• bag for corpses for investigation at the crime scene;
• Breast support system;
• Explosive tank barrel blocker;
• pistol.

There is no evidence that Calvert S. Mill is somehow connected with the Pentagon or any American department. In addition, as noted by the fact of the VOKS Ukraina, according to the American The law on observing secrecy in invention From 1951, the US government is obliged to classify patent applications containing sensitive information. This requirement applies to inventions, including those belonging to individuals or private companies. If the Pentagon planned to make such drones with combat mosquitoes or already used them, this patent with detailed drawings could not be in the public domain.

So, in the USA they really approved a patent on a drone spraying mosquitoes. But, unlike the version of Vasily Nebenzi, the idea does not belong to the US authorities, but to the private inventor, who, apparently, is in no way connected with the American military structures. And there are no signs that the United States plan to take such a drone into service.

Correction 02/11/2022: According to the heading of the original publicationsThe real analysis concerned specifically the Pentagon and its involvement or non -involvement in the development of the drone. Nevertheless, the Pentagon is not mentioned in the publications of the Russian media about this patent. Vasily Nebena, speaking of the patent at a meeting of the UN Security Council, was guilty of the United States as a whole, and not specifically for the American military department. Therefore, we deleted the mention of the Pentagon from the title of this analysis. And since the new heading is true - The department for patents and trademarks of the United States really issued such a patent, - The verdict was also changed from "untruth" to "Pravda". Despite this, the rest of the arguments and conclusions given in this analysis and regarding the reality of the introduction of this invention in the US military arsenal are still in force.

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