### Question
What does mid-term validated biowarfare threat agent mean?


### Answer
**Mid-term validated biowarfare threat agent** has the following meaning in *10 U.S.C. § 2370a*:

> a validated biowarfare threat agent that is an emerging biowarfare threat, is the object of research by a foreign threat country, and will be ready for weaponization in more than 5 years and less than 10 years, as assessed and determined by the Defense Intelligence Agency

#### Citation:
  - *10 U.S.C. § 2370a*
  - Heading: **Subtitle A-General Military Law > PART IV-SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT > CHAPTER 139-RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT**

