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It could kill thousands, but only sickened the people it was actually (professionally) used against. Its so secret no one knows exactly what it is, but happily
by h2odragon 2y ago
It could kill thousands, but only sickened the people it was actually (professionally) used against.
Its so secret no one knows exactly what it is, but happily one of the few people around able to recognize it was the person to discover it.
There's quite a lot of open questions around this case that could benefit from further data.
- steve_gh 2y agoNo. The intended targets were very badly poisoned but survived. The novichok (concealed in a perfume bottle) was discarded in a litter bin. It was then found by a couple of passers by. One of them died, and one survived. The potential consequences of this were appalling. Can you imagine the consequences of a couple of thousand chemical weapon casualties in a Nato member, clearly identified as originating in a fairly hostile nation state