VX Nerve Agent
VX (S-[2-(diisopropylamino)ethyl]-O-ethyl methylphosphonothioate) is an extremely toxic substance whose only application is in chemical warfare as a nerve agent. As a chemical weapon, it is classified as a weapon of mass destruction by the United Nations in UN Resolution 687. The production and stockpiling of VX was outlawed by the Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993.
This post was published on February 23, 2015 5:25 am
The two volumes of the TEMPS (Transportable Electromagnetic Pulse Simulator) Final Report, dated August 1973…
This was originally published on November 7, 2023. The article has been left unchanged, but…
In a newly released batch of internal U.S. Navy emails, obtained by The Black Vault…
The U.S. Army has officially closed out its Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with…
Newly released internal emails from the Department of Defense, obtained through a FOIA request filed…
A newly released set of FBI records obtained by The Black Vault through a May…