Sentence examples for toxic warfare from inspiring English sources

A22 Biowarfare Tests on Ships The Defense Department sprayed live nerve and biological agents on ships and sailors during cold war-era experiments to test the Navy's vulnerability to toxic warfare, the Pentagon disclosed.

Most of Syria's chemical weapons substances exist as separate materials that only create the highly toxic warfare agents when mixed together, according to the OPCW.

This N-chlorinated hydantoin-polyurethane fiber exhibited considerable potential as the decontaminable material against toxic chemical warfare agents.

Organophosphate compounds, such as soman and sarin, are highly toxic chemical warfare nerve agents that cause a build-up of acetylcholine in synapses and neuromuscular junctions.

These are the most toxic chemical warfare agents that are known to have been produced, stockpiled, and weaponized.

The use of chlorine, a choking agent that dates back to the First World War, is banned under the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention, which prohibits the use of toxic agents in warfare.

VX, another neurotoxic organophosphorus compound, is the most toxic known chemical warfare agent - about 10 times more toxic than sarin.

Sarin is a highly toxic organophosphorus chemical warfare agent which has been employed in various wars and terrorist attacks.

Additionally, about 200,000 tons of extremely toxic OP chemical warfare agents are required to be destroyed by 2007 under Chemical Warfare Convention (1993).

The increased interest of terrorist groups in toxic chemicals and chemical warfare agents presents a continuing threat to our societies.

Typical applications are the detection of chemical warfare agents, toxic industrial compounds, explosives and drugs.