A chemical terrorist attack in the post-CWC era
10.7644/j.issn.1674-9960.2014.04.008
- VernacularTitle:后化学武器时代的化学恐怖袭击
- Author:
Fang LIU
;
Jian ZHAO
;
Jin ZHAO
;
Rigao DING
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
post-CW era;
chemical terrorist attack;
Chemical Weapons Convention
- From:Military Medical Sciences
2014;(4):266-269
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Chemical weapons(CW), as weapons of mass destruction on the battlefield , made their debut in the First World War of the last century .To achieve total prohibition on CW , the international community concluded the Chemical Weapons Convention(CWC)in 1993, and it came into force in 1997.So far, only seven countries have been outside the CWC.The offensive and defensive pattern of the world changed then , and the world began to enter the post-CW era.A chemical terrorist attack perspective is needed in consideration of chemical threats facing the world .This article summarizes the experience on specific chemical attacks , analyzes the possibility , sources, types and developments of a chemical terror-ist attack, and puts forward countermeasures for any possible chemical terrorist attack .
