a treaty banning chemical weapons
1Chemical weapons in World War I — A poison gas attack using gas cylinders in World War I. The use of chemical weapons in World War I ranged from disabling chemicals, such as tear gas and the severe mustard gas, to lethal agents like phosgene and chlorine. This chemical warfare… …
2Chemical Weapons Convention — noun a global treaty banning the production or acquisition or stockpiling or transfer or use of chemical weapons • Instance Hypernyms: ↑convention …
3Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons — OPCW logo Member states of the OPCW (green) …
4Chemical warfare — For other uses, see Chemical warfare (disambiguation). This article forms part of the series Chemical agents Lethal agents Blood agents Cyanogen chloride (CK) …
5chemical weapon — Introduction any of several chemical compounds, usually toxic agents, that are intended to kill, injure, or incapacitate enemy personnel. In modern warfare, chemical weapons were first used in World War I (1914–18), during which gas warfare …
6Chemical weapon — Chemical weapons Pallets of 155 mm artillery shells containing HD (distilled sulfur mustard agent) at Pueblo Depot Activity (PUDA) chemical weapons storage facility. Blister Agents: (Vesicants) …
7History of nuclear weapons — The history of nuclear weapons chronicles the development of nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons are devices that possess enormous destructive potential derived from nuclear fission or nuclear fusion reactions. Starting with the scientific… …
8Albania and weapons of mass destruction — Albania once possessed a stockpile of weapons of mass destruction. This stockpile of chemical weapons included 16,678 kilograms of mustard agent, lewisite, adamsite, and chloroacetophenone.Albania was among the initial countries who signed the… …
9Biological Weapons Convention — For other uses, see BWC (disambiguation). Biological Weapons Convention Signed April 10, 1972 Location London, Moscow, and Washington, D.C. Effective March 26, 1975 Condition Ratification by 22 states Parties 165 as of October 2011 (Complete… …
10Antarctic Treaty (Gundam) — The Antarctic Treaty is a fictional wartime treaty in the Universal Century timeline of the sci fi mecha anime Mobile Suit Gundam .The Antarctic Treaty states that: * All uses of nuclear weapons are prohibited * All uses of biological weapons are …
