Statement from President Joe Biden on Completing the Destruction of the United Statesā€™ Chemical Weapons Stockpile | The White House
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For more than 30 years, the United States has worked tirelessly to eliminate our chemical weapons stockpile. Today, I am proud to announce that the United States has safely destroyed the final munition in that stockpileā€”bringing us one step closer to a world free from the horrors of chemical weapons.Ā Successive administrations have determined that theseā€¦

For more than 30 years, the United States has worked tirelessly to eliminate our chemical weapons stockpile. Today, I am proud to announce that the United States has safely destroyed the final munition in that stockpileā€”bringing us one step closer to a world free from the horrors of chemical weapons.Ā Successive administrations have determined that theseā€¦

  • PugJesus@kbin.social
    14Ā·
    1 year ago

    We had (literal) tons of chemical weapons during WW2 and never resorted to them.

    Truth be told, chemical weapons are generally actually pretty shit. Theyā€™re hard to control (which creates potential for both civilian AND friendly casualties), they donā€™t kill or otherwise put enemies hors de combat particularly reliably, and if both sides end up using them, all that ends up with is a lot of infantry in NBC gear being miserable and not actually increasing the ability of offensives or defensives in any meaningful way.

    Anyway, thereā€™s no need to store the info on how to make them because itā€™s quite literally public knowledge for the most useful and widely used/stored chemical weapons.