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BINARY CHEMICAL WEAPON [1 record]

Record 1 2004-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • CBRNE Weapons
DEF

In chemical warfare, a weapon consisting of two substances that in isolation are harmless but when mixed together form a poisonous nerve gas.

OBS

They are loaded into the delivery system separately and combine after launch.

OBS

binary chemical weapon: term extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes CBRNE
DEF

Arme chargée d'une ou deux substances relativement peu nocives et facilement transportables jusqu'au champ de bataille où il est procédé au chargement d'un second compartiment juste avant usage.

CONT

Le gouvernement demande 30 millions de dollars au titre de l'exercice 1983 pour fabriquer des armes chimiques binaires (composées de deux substances inoffensives par elles-mêmes, mais qui forment un gaz mortel lorsqu'elles se mélangent).

OBS

Moyens de lancement : lance-roquettes, missiles de croisière, fusées Pershing, obus d'artillerie.

OBS

arme chimique binaire : terme tiré du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

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