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Too bad Novichok is only made in Russia at specific labs right? Also has been used in the past in public in the UK by Putin without problem?
by adriancr 6y ago
Too bad Novichok is only made in Russia at specific labs right?
Also has been used in the past in public in the UK by Putin without problem?
- sschueller 6y agoThat is incorrect : "Russian scientists who developed the nerve agents claim they are the deadliest ever made, with some variants possibly five to eight times more potent than VX,[8][9] and others up to ten times more potent than soman.[10] As well as Russia, Novichok agents have been known to be produced by scientists "in several NATO member states"[11] and Iran.[12]" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novichok_agent https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novichok_agent
- adriancr 6y agoIf you go to the source [11] it's this: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-russia-chemicalweapons-german/wests-knowledge-of-novichok-came-from-sample-secured-in-1990s-report-idUSKCN1IH2HC https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-russia-chemicalwe... Which basically says NATO countries have possible antidotes and can easily detect Novichok, not that they produce the nerve agent. (que surprised Pikachu Putin when Britain detected it almost immediately) This is ignoring the insanity of NATO poisoning a guy that may bring genuine democracy to Russia. [12] is even more dubious as it links to papers that describe methods to detect nerve agents in environments... (even though I don't like Iran, it's doubtful they would produce Russian nerve agent instead of a variant of their own, they still want to detect it if they go to war with Russia for some reason) The other option you mentioned - anti-Putin Oligarch makes even less sense... you think private individuals can synthesize nerve agent or steal it?, that's a really dangerous supposition.