A worker passed by a stockpile of objects awaiting destruction at the facility in Shchuchye, Russia. The plant was built with the help of $1 billion from the United States. (Reuters) From The Danger Room:
Seven years ago this week, Russian Special Forces killed 120 hostages trapped in a Moscow theater, after pumping the place full of a supposedly “non-lethal” knockout gas. Since then, the Kremlin has only expanded its arsenal of these chemical agents, a new report reveals. And Russia isn’t the only country expanding its stockpile.
The report by Michael Crowley of University of Bradford’s Non-lethal Weapons Research Project, is called Dangerous Ambiguities, and it highlights how the international treaties like the Chemical Weapons Convention are failing to curb the so-called “incapacitants” and “riot control agents” — from CS tear gas to fentanyl, the stuff used in the Moscow theater siege.
Read more ....
My Comment: Russia may be getting rid of it's more dangerous chemical stockpiles, but production of its "non-lethal" agents is progressing ahead.
No comments:
Post a Comment