Chemical warfare

Poisonous or other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare, otherwise known as the Geneva Protocol. However, the Geneva Protocol is one of the most comprehensive and arguably successful agreements to come from the time period despite being short in comparison to similar documents. The Geneva Protocol aimed to prohibit the use of “of asphyxiating, poisonous or other gases, and of all analogous liquids, materials or devices [in warfare ... as well as] bacteriological…

ricin for warfare and assassinations. A small dose causes death in humans, it is odorless tasteless and undetectable. It is extremely dangerous and easy to make. Ricin is extracted from the castor oil plant beans. It is then purified. Ricin is classified as a lectin toxin. The NFPA diamond to the right shows that ricin is a class 4 health hazard and…

Nerve agents are chemicals which are used for warfare purposes in attempts to kill mass amounts of soldiers. This form of warfare has become so heartless, that even Adolf Hitler himself refrained from using them against the Allied Forces during the Second World War. Nerve agents are all based around phosphorus. In the 1930s, the very first nerve agent of the “G Series” was created. This is known as the “G-Series” due to the fact they were all originated in Germany. There are four types of nerve…

CBW Cause Extreme Dangers Chemical and Biological weapons are not a U.S. problem they are a global problem, and we need to start taking it more seriously and do something about it. Chemical and Biological weapons (CBW for short) are a very destructive and powerful kind of weapon that is wanted and created by many power seeking countries. They are often used as weapons of terror more so than weapons of justice (Patricia). The U.S. and many other countries do not seem to be backing down on the…

self-reinforcing cycle where disturbances, which were often caused by the state’s severe tactics, were used as excuses to develop nuclear, chemical, and biological…

Biological terrorism, known as bioterrorism, is becoming an increasing danger to Western civilization. The possibility of terrorists obtaining extremely dangerous chemicals is rising alarmingly fast. In a biological attack, many people are likely to die or get extremely ill within the first few minutes, whereas in a normal bombing or shootout, fewer would be killed, and in a less inhumane manner, even though all forms of terrorism are unacceptable and will not be tolerated without any…

of terrorism that holds a massive danger over anybody, with the power to kill millions in just days or months. Some various chemical weapons that can be used or have been include: Anthrax, Smallpox, Ebola, Plague, and Tularemia. Each one of these viruses contains the power to harm, severely disable, or kill a person. From Pneumonia to shock and paralysis the wrath of chemical agent produces much more torturous effects then a gun-wound in a war scenario. To put into perspective, “An airborne…

Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) 2013 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Introduction The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is an intergovernmental organization created in 1997 in order to uphold an arms control treaty known as the Convention on the Prohibition of Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction, or the Chemical Weapons Convention. Only four United Nations member states are not part of the…

jews leaving them to die due to the poisonous gas in the air they couldn’t escape from. Hitler used this as a quick and effective ways to try and eliminate the jews. The Sarin gas attack was an attack on a bus station in Tokyo. Sarin, which is a chemical liquid was released on up to seven lines of the stations injuring and killing civilians. It’s said that there was up to five packages with the gas inside. During the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980’s Iraq used mustard gas and Sarin to quickly take out…

George S. McGovern once said “I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.” McGovern is stating that the “old men”, the government use the young men of a specific country to fight the wars they initiate. War is most of the time seen as a sense of pride and tribute for one’s country, but many don’t realize the savagery battlefields hold. Just like George McGovern, the poet, Wilfred Owen, who was a soldier in World War One and died in that Great War wrote many…