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We don't use chemical weapons because they didn't even work that well in WWI. The first chemical weapon attacks in WWI were quite deadly. However, chlorine, p
by beloch 7y ago
We don't use chemical weapons because they didn't even work that well in WWI.
The first chemical weapon attacks in WWI were quite deadly. However, chlorine, phosgene, mustard gas, etc. didn't remain effective after troops on both sides came to expect them. Once everyone had gas masks and the training to put them on quickly, chemical weapons became a mainly psychological threat. There are plentiful horror stories about gas attacks precisely because so many people survived them.
Chemical weapons and surprise are, together, a deadly combination. What might be combined with surprise in the future?
- lopis 7y ago> What might be combined with surprise in the future? From what you say, a chemical weapon would be pretty surprising today.
- CydeWeys 7y agoExcept that top-flight militaries are ready for them. All of our armored vehicles are already air-tight, and hazmat suits are widely available throughout the military. It doesn't help the chemical weapon's case that the countermeasures to it fall into the broad category of Nuclear/Biological/Chemical, all of which need roughly the same countermeasures (airtight vehicles, gas masks, hazmat suits). Militaries are still equipped and ready for these kinds of attacks.