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Chemical weapons: Lethality


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Chemical weapons are said to "make deliberate use of the toxic properties of chemical substances to inflict death".[68] At the start of World War II it was reported in newspapers that "entire regions of Europe" would be turned into "lifeless wastelands".[69] However, chemical weapons were not used to the extent feared.

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Marcus Forde Marcus Forde (Jul 15 2014 11:03AM) : To think that these weapons are capable of eliminating life from an area in a short matter of time is quite scary to be honest.
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An unintended chemical weapon release occurred at the port of Bari. A German attack on the evening of December 2, 1943, damaged U.S. vessels in the harbour and the resultant release of mustard gas inflicted a total of 628 casualties.[70][71][72]

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Marcus Forde Marcus Forde (Jul 15 2014 11:08AM) : Although the release of the chemical weapon was unintended it cost over 620 there lives which is unfortunate.

The U.S. Government was highly criticized for exposing American service members to chemical agents while testing the effects of exposure. These tests were often performed without the consent or prior knowledge of the soldiers affected.[73] Many Australian service personnel were also exposed as a result of the "Brook Island trials"[74] carried out by the British Government to determine the likely consequences of chemical attack in tropical conditions, about which little was then known. Some chemical agents are designed to produce mind altering changes rendering the victim unable to perform their assigned mission. These are classified as incapacitating agents and lethality is not a factor of their effectiveness.[75]

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Marcus Forde Marcus Forde (Jul 15 2014 11:10AM) : I find it quite shady that the U.S. is conducting tests on there own soldiers without there knowledge, seeing that these people have swore to lay down there lives for the country you would think that the information would be shared with them.
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DMU Timestamp: July 06, 2014 01:49

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