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Tag: nerve agents

Posted inEspionage

Novichok creators expose devil weapon’s origins

by Giovanni Pigni September 25, 2020September 29, 2020

Poisoning is a method of killing that dates back to antiquity, but the alleged Kremlin deployment of chemical weapons to silence opponents via assassination has carried the practice into the 21st century. Arguably the most infamous of such weapons in current circulation is Novichok – used, most recently, against Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Though […]

Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, France, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Laos, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, World

The ‘scourge’ of chemical weapons: Newspeak in the modern era

by David Simmons July 10, 2018
Posted inEuropean Union, France, Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Syria, World

Bombing Syria not enough: how to deter future chemical attacks

by Lukas Trakimavičius April 16, 2018
Posted inGermany, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

Dissecting the ‘dusty agent’ used in UK attack

by Stephen Bryen March 15, 2018
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Macau, Malaysia, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Syria, World

Kim Jong-nam’s possession of atropine, and what it means

by Stephen Bryen December 1, 2017December 1, 2017

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