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Article: A chemical weapons atlas.
- Article from:
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
- Article date:
- September 1, 1997
- Author:
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Few states admit that they possess chemical weapons. In recent years, only the United States, Russia, Iraq, and now India, have done so. The United States, which has started to destroy its chemical weapons, has a stockpile of about 30,000 tons. Russia has declared 40,000 tons. iraq, which acknowledged after the Gulf war that it had such weapons, claims that its chemical agents and munitions were destroyed during and after the war. India recently admitted to having chemical weapons, but only for "defensive" purposes.
In any event, four nations make a short list indeed. And now that the Chemical Weapons Convention has entered into force, many people believe that ...