Chemical weapon
Chemical weapons incapacitate or kill enemies.
Poison gases
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During World War 1 Chlorine gas and mustard gas were used as chemical weapons.
Nerve agents
[edit | edit source]The first nerve agents were developed in the 1930s.[1] They are more toxic than earlier gases, and are more dangerous to deploy.
VX nerve agent was developed after World War 2.[1] It is considered to be the most dangerous nerve agent.[2]
References
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Steven Pike (2024-03-28). "The Most Deadly of Nerve Agents: VX". Argon Electronics. Archived from the original on 2024-04-17. Retrieved 2025-12-30.
Depending on how much agent a person has been exposed to, symptoms will start occurring either immediately or up to 18 hours later. In larger doses, convulsions, loss of consciousness, paralysis, and death due to respiratory failure will occur rapidly. While the agent could be released into a water supply or used to poison someone’s food, the vapor form of VX is the deadliest – and the quickest – to kill.
- ↑ "Review of Acute Human-Toxicity Estimates for VX". National Academies Press (US). 1997. Archived from the original on 2025-03-30. Retrieved 2025-12-30.