POL_S 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Relative Deprivation, Indirect Costs
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Chemical weapons: a variety of chemicals that are weaponized and used in a military capacity. Germany in wwi: first significant use: chlorine and mustard gas (used by. Blister agents (mustard gas) destroys skin and causes temporary blindness. Nerve agents (sarin) cause paralysis and suffocation; most lethal. Incapacitates (tear gas) cause temporary incapacitation: limited effectiveness against modern prepared militaries, mostly effective against civilians. 1952 geneva protocol: banned use, but not possession of chemical (cid:3) (cid:3) weapons. Chemical weapons convention (1997): illegal to possess large quantities of c. weapons. Easiest wmd to obtain and use by terrorist. Biological weapons: living organisms or toxins used to sicken or kill humans, animals or plants: mongols catapulted soldiers who died from the plague into besieged city (1346) aren"t contagious. Bacteria (anthrax): can be spread over a large area, but. Viruses (smallpox): small impact area, but contagious. Toxins/poisons (ricin): used as an assassination weapons. High risk of detection by criminal authorities.
