From Nano TechWire, this excerpt from Super-sensitive and small: New MIT detector uses nanotubes to sense deadly gases buy never let me go film on dvd Using carbon nanotubes, MIT chemical engineers have built the most sensitive electronic detector yet for sensing deadly gases such as the nerve agent sarin. The technology, which could [...]
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Wikileaks has a report, “U.S. Military Equipment in Iraq (2007),” based on leaked documents, outlining the array and cost of equipment held by United States forces in Iraq: [photopress:M33A1_500_x_193_via_Wikileaks.jpg,full,pp_image] Important points (on our first reading) include: Chemical and biological weapons portable facilities The United States has been caught with at least 2,386 low-grade chemical [...]
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chemical weapons,
international law,
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NBC weapons