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Chemical agents
Lethal agents
Blood
Cyanogen chloride (CK)
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Arsine (SA)
Blister
Ethyldichloroarsine (ED)
Methyldichloroarsine (MD)
Phenyldichloroarsine (PD)
Lewisite (L)
Mustard gas (HD H HT HL HQ)
Nitrogen mustard
HN1
HN2
HN3
Phosgene oxime (CX)
C01-A035
C01-A039
Nerve
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Tabun (GA)
Sarin (GB)
Chlorosarin (GC)
Soman (GD)
Ethylsarin (GE)
Cyclosarin (GF)
GV
V-agents
EA-3148
V-sub x/GD-7,
VE
VG
VM
VP
VR
VS
VX
Novichok agents
A-230
A-232
A-234
A-242
A-262
C01-A035
C01-A039
C01-A042
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Chlorine
Chloropicrin (PS)
Phosgene (CG)
Diphosgene (DP)
Disulfur decafluoride
Vomiting
Adamsite
Chloropicrin
Diphenylchlorarsine
Diphenylcyanoarsine
Diphenylamincyanoarsine
Incapacitating agents
Agent 15 (BZ)
Dimethylheptylpyran (DMHP)
EA-3167
Kolokol-1
PAVA spray
Sleeping gas
Riot-control (RCAs)
Xylyl bromide
Pepper spray (OC)
CS
CN (mace)
CR
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Chemical warfare (CW) involves using the toxic properties of chemical substances as weapons. This type of warfare is distinct from nuclear warfare, biological warfare and radiological warfare, which together make up CBRN, the military acronym for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (warfare or weapons), all of which are considered "weapons of mass destruction" (WMDs), a term that contrasts with conventional weapons.
The use of chemical weapons in international armed conflicts is prohibited under international humanitarian law by the 1925 Geneva Protocol and the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907.[1][2] The 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention prohibits signatories from acquiring, stockpiling, developing, and using chemical weapons in all circumstances except for very limited purposes (research, medical, pharmaceutical or protective).[3]
^Anne Lorenzat (2017–2018). "The Current State of Customary International Law with regard to the Use of Chemical Weapons in Non-International Armed Conflicts". The Military Law and the Law of War Review.
^Jillian Blake & Aqsa Mahmud (October 15, 2013). "A Legal "Red Line"? Syria and the Use of Chemical Weapons in Civil Conflict". UCLA Law Review.
^"Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction". United Nations Treaty Collection. January 3, 2018. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
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