Chemical Weapons


Russia Expands Its Chemical Arsenal, Exposing Treaty’s Faults -- David Hambling  -- Wired Danger Room  -- November 2, 2009
Chemical Weapons

Russia and other countries are continuing to expand their chemical weapon arsenal despite being signatories to the 1992 Chemical Weapons Convention. A new report highlights the weaknesses in the existing treaty by showing how it fails to cover research into non-lethal chemical weapons or newer chemical compounds (ex. binary weapons) that weren't conceived of at the time of the treaty.

Dangerous Ambiguities: Regulation of Riot Control Agents and Incapacitants under the Chemical Weapons Convention

Dangerous Ambiguities: Regulation of Riot Control Agents and Incapacitants under the Chemical Weapons Convention, Crowley, Michael , 11/2009, (2009)

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North Korea Could Use Chemical Weapons in Conflict -- Jon Herskovitz  -- Reuters  -- June 18, 2009
North Korea

North Korea has several thousand tonnes of chemical weapons it can mount on missiles that could be used on a rapid strike against the South, said a report released by the International Crisis Group (ICG).


Iran Has Potential WMD Capabilities, Reports Say -- Global Security Newswire  -- October 30, 2008
Iran

Iran's growing industrial and medical capabilities could enable the country to produce chemical or biological weapons if it chose to do so, security expert Anthony Cordesman said in two draft reports released this month.


Report Questions Use of Drugs as Nonlethal Weapons -- Chris Schneidmiller  -- Global Security Newswire  -- June 11, 2007
Chemical / Biological Warfare

Drugs intended to be used as nonlethal weapons are almost certain to kill people if used during a crisis, the British Medical Association said in a recent report.


Air Force Report: Bring Back Chem Weapons -- Sharon Weinberger   -- Danger Room  -- April 10, 2007
Chemical Weapons

Chemical weapons have been an international taboo for decades. But now, some in the United States Air Force are pushing to use them again. A recent study out of the Air War College calls for using chemicals as "first-use weapons against terrorists" -- part of a larger pitch to rethink the long-time pariah of military warfare.


Iraqi Insurgents Using Chemical Weapons on Themselves? -- David Hambling  -- DefenseTech.org  -- December 7, 2005
Chemical Weapons

An in-depth look at that claim that Iraqi insurgents might be using a military-grade hallucinogen on themselves to artificially increase their agressiveness.


An Easier, but Less Deadly, Recipe for Terror -- Joby Warrick  -- Washington Post  -- December 31, 2004
Chemical Weapons

Many experts believe the odds for a chemical attack are relatively high, compared with biological or nuclear terrorism because of the widespread availability of raw materials including millions of military-grade chemical weapons scattered in at least a dozen countries.


World's Chemical Arsenal Bulging, Terrifying -- Charles J. Hanley  -- Associated Press  -- September 26, 2004
Chemical Weapons

They were no-shows in Iraq, but tons of chemical weapons are stoking fears and costing billions to clean up elsewhere in the world - from concrete "igloos" in Oregon, to the Panama rainforest, to the highlands of China, where Japanese war leftovers reportedly have killed hundreds.


US Defense Science Board calls for strategic use of calmative chemical weapons -- Staff  -- The Sunshine Project  -- April 16, 2004
Chemical Weapons

The US Defense Science Board, a senior advisory body to the Pentagon, has recommended exploration of the use of calmatives as strategic weapons. Calmatives, such as anesthetic or psychoactive drugs, are the same type of weapon was that tragically used at the end of the Moscow Theater siege in October 2002.

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