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What seemed like a bizarre natural incident near the Aral Sea turned out to be a leak from Aralsk-7—a top-secret Soviet biological weapons facility. Known today as Plague Island, the site was used to develop weaponized smallpox, plague, anthrax, and other deadly pathogens in violation of international treaties.

The outbreak was quickly suppressed and hidden from the world, but the truth eventually emerged through declassified CIA reports and testimony from Soviet defector Ken Alibek.

This Cold War relic was once one of the most dangerous places on Earth—and almost no one knew it existed.

  • jqubed@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    16 hours ago

    Having not watched the video, was the leak a real accident or one of those times where governments decide to experiment on their own soldiers without telling them they’re in an experiment?

    • SKGUnknownTV@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      21·
      16 hours ago

      Having not watched the video, was the leak a real accident or one of those times where governments decide to experiment on their own soldiers without telling them they’re in an experiment? The 1971 smallpox outbreak was likely an accidental release, not a deliberate human experiment. A Soviet ship sailed near Vozrozhdeniya Island—home to the secret bioweapons lab Aralsk-7—and passed through a cloud of aerosolized smallpox from a recent test. A lab worker onboard got infected, and the virus spread, killing three people.

      Though it wasn’t an intentional exposure, the Soviet government covered it up and only decades later did whistleblowers and declassified files confirm the outbreak was caused by weaponized smallpox being tested in the open.