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![]() "Al Dykes" wrote My take on this is is ill informed. (b)Lots of countries (and many bright higb school kids) can make Sarin, and other nasty material. The stuff is very hard to distribute effectivlly, as shown by the Sarin attack in Japan, and the Christian cult in Idaho (?) that tried to spread biologicals in the public food supply, the handful of people that died in the antrax attacks, and the fact that the Sarin 155mm shell they found in Iraq caused littlre more than a headache. One country with a big stickpile is a problem, but not the end of the world. As it happens, Sarin in impure form breaks down quickly and it's difficult to make in pure form. Aum Shinrikyo found that out. The 155mm shell was a binary munition that depends on setback on firing to start the reaction of the two reagents and the spinning of the shell to get thorough mixing. Both were missing when the shell was used as a IED. While Sarin isn't very effective against MOPP'ed up troops, it's devastating against unprotected populations. : http://www.kdp.pp.se/chemical.html |
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