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A crop-duster sprayed a harmless substance above a field in Goldsby, Okla., Monday to see if weather radar could detect a bioterrorist attack.

The three-week Army test, taking place in Oklahoma because of the state’s advanced weather radar system, will drop materials chosen to produce a mist that resembles airborne particles produced by a bioterrorism attack.