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It's been tried, sort of. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_hostage_crisis_chemical_agent?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_hostage_crisis_ch

• sva_ 5y ago
  The US also built bombs containing that agent, BZ, but destroyed their stockpiles in 1989. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M44_generator_cluster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M44_generator_cluster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M43_BZ_cluster_bomb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M43_BZ_cluster_bomb > The M44s relatively small production numbers were due, like all U.S. BZ munitions, to a number of shortcomings. The M44 dispensed its agent in a cloud of white, particulate smoke.[3] This was especially problematic because the white smoke was easily visible and BZ exposure was simple to prevent; a few layers of cloth over the mouth and nose are sufficient.[5] There were a number of other factors that made BZ weapons unattractive to military planners.[5] BZ had a delayed and variable rate-of-action, as well as a less than ideal "envelope-of-action".[5] In addition, BZ casualties exhibited bizarre behavior, 50 to 80 percent had to be restrained to prevent self-injury during recovery.[5] Others exhibited distinct symptoms of paranoia and mania.[5]