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Well, assuming it can be delivered in masse in a large urban environment, it’s no worse than nerve gas or something along those lines.
by asdfman123 4y ago
Well, assuming it can be delivered in masse in a large urban environment, it’s no worse than nerve gas or something along those lines.
- LinuxBender 4y agoCan nerve agents target specific genetic traits? I don't recall that being a feature when I learned about them in the military. IIRC weapons grade nerve agents will destroy the nervous system of just about all living things and remain a risk in the environment until they have been broken down. I use a simple agricultural nerve agent to get rid of flies. Permethrin is a sodium channel blocker that causes an overload of the CNS. Insects and very young mammals with under-developed livers can not metabolize it. So I suppose that targets a class of living things but I can not target specific breeds of flies with it. If I could then Botflies would be target numero uno.
- arthurcolle 4y agoThe latest James Bond touches on these frontier issues in nanotechnology
- hinkley 4y agoNerve agents disperse.
- larkost 4y agoAnd these require a lipid shielding, so fats. That is not going to last long in the air at all, making these probably bad aerosol-sized weapons.
- asdfman123 4y agoDirty bomb fallout doesn’t