All Defence and military articles – Page 4
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News
US imposes further sanctions on North Korea for VX assassination
State Department confirms North Korea used lethal nerve agent to kill the half-brother of Kim Jong-un
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Nerve agent was behind attack on former Russian spy
UK authorities know which agent was used to poison Sergei Skripal and his daughter but are keeping this secret as inquiries continue
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North Korean site identified as suspected rocket fuel facility
DPRK scientific publications reveal 1,1-dimethylhydrazine production
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The return of chemical weapons?
Recent events in Syria have raised questions over the control of chemical weapons
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Turkish crackdown takes toll on academic output
Analysis finds publications have declined after 8000 academics were fired in the wake of last year’s coup
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US to clean-up race test chemical weapon relics on Panama island
Legacy mustard gas weapons from second world war will be disposed of in September
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EU imposes sanctions on Syrian chemical weapon scientists
Measures restrict movement and freeze assets of 16 Syrian scientists and military officials, following chemical attacks
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Review
The imagineers of war
A history of the Pentagon’s infamous Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
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Review
Toxic exposures: mustard gas and the health consequences of world war II in the United States
An insight into the murky world of chemical warfare
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Business
Russia invests in speciality chemicals industry
Government will pump cash into sector to develop domestic industry, counteract effects of sanctions, and meet demand from military
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Chemical agent used in Syria attack still unidentified
Initial observations suggest sarin was used by government forces, but further investigation is needed
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Trump’s election sparks anxiety among scientists
Research community fears a Trump presidency will harm US science, but the biotech and pharma industry are more upbeat
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Podcast
Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War by Mary Roach – Book club
The non-weapon technologies of war, from penis transplants to maggot therapy
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Failed coup leads to crackdown on academics
More than 1500 deans have been dismissed from universities amid claims of a settling of political scores
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Israeli chemists urge government to ban chemical weapons
Open letter presses prime minister to ‘remove the curse of chemical weapons from the face of the Earth
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Hollywood may have shaped Iraq war chemical weapons intel
Claim that nerve agents were stored in glass beads bears resemblance to action film
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Toxic legacy of Agent Orange lives on in Vietnam
Scientists are struggling to clean up dioxin-contaminated soil that has been linked to devastating illnesses among thousands of people