Sarin

In 1995, a subway system located in Tokyo Japan was the target of a terrorist attack by a radical religious cult known as the Aum Shinrikyo. Their strategy included converging at the Kasumigaseki station and dispersing poisonous gas (sarin) into the air. This attack was not considered to be politically motivated; rather, it was an attack stimulated by the desire to distress the Japanese government, in an attempt to seize power. The attack was inclusive of five subways systems, and resulted in…

end of times and used religious text to justify their use of violence. Aum Shinrikyo actively recruited physicists, chemists, biologists and engineers much like ISIS is doing today. Aum Shinrikyo experimented with and produced chemical agents like: sarin, VX, phosgene, and sodium cyanide. As well as biological weapons: anthrax, botulism and Q fever. Aum Shinrikyo was not on anyone’s radar until their attack on a subway station in central Tokyo on March 20, 1995, in which twelve people died and…

“G-Series” due to the fact they were all originated in Germany. There are four types of nerve agents in the series. They are Tabun (GA), Sarin (GB), Soman (GD), and Cyclosarin (GF). Tabun was the starter for the series, being first synthesized in 1936 by the German scientist, Gebhardt Schrader whom, 2 years later, synthesized the second nerve agent in the series, Sarin, along with a couple other scientists. The German Army then began a factory which in the end produced 12,000 metric tons of…

In regards to the ethics of using sarin nerve gas to kill people versus the use of bullets, these articles support my claim that the use of sarin nerve gas is so much worse than the use of bullets. Article 3 of the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights states “Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person” and Article 5 states “No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment” (UN). The use of sarin nerve gas clearly contravenes…

March 20, 1995 a major subway line in Tokyo, Japan was attacked by the Aum Shinrikyo cult. Apparently, this was a rush job after the cult found out that the police were going to raid their facilities. Some cult members were assigned to put liquid sarin into plastic bags and drop them off in different cars on the busy Kasumigaseki subway line. Afterwards, they were to puncture these bags with the sharp ends of umbrellas to release this chemical. Beforehand, just to make sure the attackers didn’t…

After conducting a research about the terrorist attacks on the Tokyo subway System in 1995 by members of Aum Shinrikyo, I came to the conclusion that lack of intelligence had a big impact on the Tokyo Subway attacks. Aum Shinrikyo first utilized Sarin against Japanese citizens in Matsumoto Japan, on June 27, 1994. On this particular event there were approximately five hundred people wounded and seven died. (CDC website Aum Shinrikyo: Once and Future Threat). After this particular incident…

number of government ministries. Nazi scientists first developed this nerve agent which they labeled sarin and is said to be five hundred times more poisonous than cyanide…

In the case of Aum Shinrikyo, they repeatedly committed acts of violence after failing to receive political legitimacy. These various acts leading up to the 1995 sarin gas attack in the Tokyo subway system helped leader Shoko Asahara create a reputation, that he would hope would make the Japanese government and people believe them to be politically legitimate and serious. Many of the acts were aimed at law enforcement…

adjustable (Krishan-Sarin). Electronic cigarettes are not yet proven to be a “quit-smoking-tool”, according to the FDA. Matter of fact, electronic cigarettes could cause nonsmokers to join in on the nicotine addiction. To stand their ground, electronic cigarette companies argue that the design of their products is only built to simply be an alternative to cigarettes, and not a way to quit nicotine (Kesmodel). Electronic cigarettes come in more than 7,000 flavors (Krishan-Sarin). Most flavors are…

peripheral and central nervous system. Nerve agents including: Tabun (GA), Soman (GD), Sarin (GB), GF and VX. carbamate pesticide (aldicarb), organophosphate pesticides including: parathion and malathion, hydrogen cyanide Vapor or aerosal(mg ⋅ min/m3) Tabun (GA): LCt50: 400, Sarin (GB): LCt50: 100, Soman (GD): LCt 50: 50, VX: LCt50: 10, Cyanide: 100-300 ppm Liquid (mg) through skin absorption Tabun (GA): LD50: 1000, Sarin (GB): LD50: 1700, Soman (GD) LD50: 100, VX: LD50: 10, Cyanide: 100mg/kg…