- Chemical warfare (CW) involves using the toxic properties of chemical substances as weapons. This type of warfare is distinct from Nuclear warfare and Biological ..read more
- A chemical weapon (CW) [Note 1] is a device that uses chemicals formulated to inflict death or harm to human beings. They are classified as weapons of mass ..read more
- Chemical Weapons. Chemical agents in the modem sense were first used in World War I, when chlorine gas was released, from large cylinders, in a favorable wind...read more
- Production Delivery Chemical Warfare Agents References. Adapted from - Chemical Weapons Technology Militarily Critical Technologies List (MCTL) Part II: Weapons of ..read more
- United States Chemical Weapons Convention Web Site: A resource of information about chemical weapons and the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) includes ..read more
- Chemical Weapons Chemical agents in the modem sense were first used in World War I, when chlorine gas was released, from large cylinders, in a favorable wind...read more
- Use of lethal or incapacitating chemical weapons in war, and the methods of combating such agents. Chemical weapons include choking agents such as the chlorine and ..read more
- Chemical and biological weapons cause damage to living organisms by their physiological effects rather than by direct physical impact from blast and heat...read more
- Chemical Weapons Many of the Soviet-era chemical and biological weapon programs date from an 17 August 1967 decree of the CPSU Central Committee and the USSR Council ..read more
- The modern era of chemical weaponry began in the First World War and advances in synthetic chemistry led to the development of increasingly potent compounds such as ..read more
