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    VX is an extremely toxic synthetic chemical compound in the organophosphorus class, specifically, a thiophosphonate. In the class of nerve agents, it...
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    called Amiton or Tetram) is a "V-series" nerve agent chemically similar to the better-known VX nerve agent. Tetram is the common Russian name for the...
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    VR (Russian VX, VXr, Soviet V-gas, GOSNIIOKhT substance No. 33, Agent "November") is a "V-series" unitary nerve agent closely related (it is an isomer)...
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  • term "nerve gas" is inaccurate. Agents Sarin and VX are odorless; Tabun has a slightly fruity odor and Soman has a slight camphor odor. Nerve agents attack...
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    "V-series" nerve agent closely related to the better-known VX nerve agent. Like most of the agents in the V-series (with the exception of VX), VM has not...
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    "V-series" nerve agent closely related to the better-known VX nerve agent. It was first reported in 1958 as a pesticide. Like most of the agents in the V-series...
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    approximately 9:00 a.m., two women assassinated Kim Jong-nam with the VX nerve agent. He died about 15 to 20 minutes later while being transported to the...
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  • production site for all of the U.S. military's nerve agent VX, when it was in use. All VX nerve agent at the site was neutralized by August 8, 2008. It...
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    VS is a nerve agent of the V-series. Its chemical structure is very similar to the VX nerve agent, but the methyl group on the phosphorus atom is replaced...
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  • Look up VX in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. VX or vx may refer to: VX (nerve agent), a neurotoxic chemical warfare agent Chinese VX, structural isomer...
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    organophosphate nerve agent. It was developed in the Soviet Union under the FOLIANT program and is one of the group of compounds referred to as Novichok agents that...
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  • Chinese VX (CVX), also known as EA-6043, is an organophosphate nerve agent of the V-series. It is a structural isomer of both VX and Russian VX. VX (nerve agent)...
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    and tasteless liquid with a faint fruity odor. It is classified as a nerve agent because it can fatally interfere with normal functioning of the mammalian...
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  • developed the nerve agents claim they are the deadliest ever made, with some variants possibly five to eight times more potent than VX, and others up...
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  • stockpile including all 437 tons (397 metric tons) of GB (sarin) and all VX nerve agent on site. On September 22, 2011, the last mustard gas shells were burned...
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    EA-2192 (category V-series nerve agents)
    EA-2192 is an extremely toxic degradation product of the VX nerve agent. It is a white solid that is very soluble and stable in water. EA-2192 is an extremely...
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    Since 1944, the Army stored 523 short tons (474 t) of nerve agents sarin (GB) and VX and mustard agent in 155mm projectiles, 8-inch projectiles and M55 rockets...
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    government claimed that the factory was used for the processing of VX nerve agent and that the owners of the plant had ties to the terrorist group al-Qaeda...
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    the kit. The kits are only effective against the nerve agents tabun (GA), sarin (GB), soman (GD) and VX. Typically, U.S. servicemembers are issued three...
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    Some of the other weapons stored at the site, including Sarin (GB) and VX Nerve Agent, were shipped from U.S. stockpiles in Germany in 1990. The shipments...
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  • the deaths of a combined 19 people and for the production of sarin, VX nerve agent, PCP and LSD. He is also notable for not showing remorse at the trials...
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    research took the newly discovered German nerve agents as a starting point, and eventually VX nerve agent was developed at Porton Down in 1952. In the...
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  • was designed to be used with approximately 14.5 lb (6.6 kg) of GB or VX (nerve agent). "M426 203mm 8-inch Projectile". Fas.org. 1998-09-12. Retrieved 2018-04-17...
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    (4.8 kg) of VX nerve agent and 13 ounces (0.37 kilograms) Composition B4 bursting charge. Tomlinson, Stuart (7 November 2008). "Last nerve gas landmine...
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    containers each holding 1 short ton (2,000 lb; 910 kg) GB or VX nerve agents or HD blister agent. All munitions had been safely destroyed by 2011 and base...
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    feature or potentially the use of an area denial weapon such as the VX nerve agent. That was the case in 1944 in the Saint Lo Breakout in which a large...
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  • g/mol, exact mass: 267.1422 u) may refer to: Chinese VX (CVX) VR (nerve agent) VX (nerve agent) This set index page lists chemical structure articles...
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    QL (chemical) (category Nerve agent precursors)
    O-(2-diisopropylaminoethyl) O′-ethyl methylphosphonite, is a precursor chemical to the nerve agent VX and VR-56. It is a colorless liquid with a strong fishy odor, and is...
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    also known as EA-5365, is an organophosphate nerve agent. GV is a part of a new series of nerve agents with properties similar to both the "G-series"...
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  • aminoethylmethyl phosphonite) McCurry, Justin (2017-02-20). "What is the VX nerve agent that killed North Korean Kim Jong-nam?". The Guardian. Retrieved 2017-02-25...
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