VX is an extremely toxic synthetic chemical compound in the organophosphorus class, specifically, a thiophosphonate. In the class of nerve agents, it...
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called Amiton or Tetram) is a "V-series" nerve agent chemically similar to the better-known VX nerve agent. Tetram is the common Russian name for the...
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term "nerve gas" is inaccurate. Agents Sarin and VX are odorless; Tabun has a slightly fruity odor and Soman has a slight camphor odor. Nerve agents attack...
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VR (Russian VX, VXr, Soviet V-gas, GOSNIIOKhT substance No. 33, Agent "November") is a "V-series" unitary nerve agent closely related (it is an isomer)...
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"V-series" nerve agent closely related to the better-known VX nerve agent. Like most of the agents in the V-series (with the exception of VX), VM has not...
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"V-series" nerve agent closely related to the better-known VX nerve agent. It was first reported in 1958 as a pesticide. Like most of the agents in the V-series...
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Look up VX in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. VX or vx may refer to: VX (nerve agent), a neurotoxic chemical warfare agent Chinese VX, structural isomer...
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Newport Chemical Depot (redirect from Newport Chemical Agent Disposal Facility)
production site for all of the U.S. military's nerve agent VX, when it was in use. All VX nerve agent at the site was neutralized by August 8, 2008. It...
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VS is a nerve agent of the V-series. Its chemical structure is very similar to the VX nerve agent, but the methyl group on the phosphorus atom is replaced...
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At approximately 9:00 a.m., two women sprayed Kim Jong-nam with the VX nerve agent. He died about 15 to 20 minutes later while being transported to the...
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organophosphate nerve agent. It was developed in the Soviet Union under the FOLIANT program and is one of the group of compounds referred to as Novichok agents that...
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Novichok (redirect from Novichok nerve agent)
developed the nerve agents claim they are the deadliest ever made, with some variants possibly five to eight times more potent than VX, and others up...
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Since 1944, the Army stored 523 short tons (474 t) of nerve agents sarin (GB) and VX and mustard agent in 155mm projectiles, 8-inch projectiles and M55 rockets...
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National Terror Alert Response System "ATSDR — MMG: Nerve Agents: Tabun (GA); Sarin (GB); Soman (GD); and VX". Atsdr.cdc.gov. Archived from the original on...
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Chinese VX (CVX), also known as EA-6043, is an organophosphate nerve agent of the V-series. It is a structural isomer of both VX and Russian VX. VX (nerve agent)...
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Some of the other weapons stored at the site, including Sarin (GB) and VX Nerve Agent, were shipped from U.S. stockpiles in Germany in 1990. The shipments...
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Anniston Chemical Activity (redirect from Anniston Chemical Agent Disposal Facility)
stockpile including all 437 tons (397 metric tons) of GB (sarin) and all VX nerve agent on site. On September 22, 2011, the last mustard gas shells were burned...
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Vodafone V-series of nerve agents: VE (nerve agent) VG (nerve agent) VM (nerve agent) VR (nerve agent) VS (nerve agent) VX (nerve agent) V (TV series), the...
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Mark I NAAK (redirect from Nerve agent antidote kit)
the kit. The kits are only effective against the nerve agents tabun (GA), sarin (GB), soman (GD) and VX. Typically, U.S. servicemembers are issued three...
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government claimed that the factory was used for the processing of VX nerve agent and that the owners of the plant had ties to the terrorist group al-Qaeda...
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the deaths of a combined 19 people and for the production of sarin, VX nerve agent, PCP and LSD. He is also notable for not showing remorse at the trials...
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EA-2192 (category V-series nerve agents)
EA-2192 is an extremely toxic degradation product of the VX nerve agent. It is a white solid that is very soluble and stable in water. EA-2192 is an extremely...
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was designed to be used with approximately 14.5 lb (6.6 kg) of GB or VX (nerve agent). "M426 203mm 8-inch Projectile". Fas.org. 1998-09-12. Retrieved 2018-04-17...
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(4.8 kg) of VX nerve agent and 13 ounces (0.37 kilograms) Composition B4 bursting charge. Tomlinson, Stuart (7 November 2008). "Last nerve gas landmine...
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been shown to be more than one hundred thousand times as potent as VX nerve agent. Maitotoxin is so potent that it has been demonstrated that an intraperitoneal...
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aminoethylmethyl phosphonite) McCurry, Justin (2017-02-20). "What is the VX nerve agent that killed North Korean Kim Jong-nam?". The Guardian. Retrieved 2017-02-25...
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Sarin (redirect from GB (nerve agent))
liquid, it is used as a chemical weapon due to its extreme potency as a nerve agent. Exposure can be lethal even at very low concentrations, where death...
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Umatilla Chemical Depot (redirect from Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility)
containers each holding 1 short ton (2,000 lb; 910 kg) GB or VX nerve agents or HD blister agent. All munitions had been safely destroyed by 2011 and base...
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typically used for a persistent effect or liquid contact hazard. VE VG VM VX These agents are related to the puffer fish Tetrodotoxin Saxitoxin (TZ) Botulinum...
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research took the newly discovered German nerve agents as a starting point, and eventually VX nerve agent was developed at Porton Down in 1952. In the...
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