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In my head I'm still thinking nerve gas would be used en masse in war and terrorism, but other than WW1 (mustard gas) it doesn't seem like a common tactic. And
by Cthulhu_ 2y ago
In my head I'm still thinking nerve gas would be used en masse in war and terrorism, but other than WW1 (mustard gas) it doesn't seem like a common tactic. And it's banned under the Geneva Convention, insofar as anyone follows that.
- kens 2y agoRegarding terrorism, some may be too young to remember the Matsumoto sarin attack in 1994 and the Tokyo subway sarin attack in 1995. These attacks by the Aum Shinrikyo cult killed 8 and 13 people respectively, surprisingly low numbers given the theoretical dangers of nerve agents. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_subway_sarin_attack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_subway_sarin_attack
- int_19h 2y agoYou might find this an interesting read: https://acoup.blog/2020/03/20/collections-why-dont-we-use-chemical-weapons-anymore/ https://acoup.blog/2020/03/20/collections-why-dont-we-use-ch... TL;DR is that it's not used these days because it wasn't actually all that effective, at least not when used in modern warfare. That is also why it's (mostly) honored, even though many other prohibitions under international treaties are ignored by the largest (ab)users. However, if conditions similar to WW1 become dominant on the battlefields - and, looking at Ukraine, trench warfare at least is back in some way - this might get re-assessed.
- FireBeyond 2y ago> And it's banned under the Geneva Convention, insofar as anyone follows that. We prosecuted the Nazis under the Geneva Conventions at Nuremburg. Every US President since then has demonstrably broken them.