Russia Expands Its Chemical Arsenal, Exposing Treaty’s Faults

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Russia Expands Its Chemical Arsenal, Exposing Treaty’s Faults

David Hambling -- Wired Danger Room, November 2, 2009Russia and other countries are continuing to expand their chemical weapon arsenal despite being signatories to the 1992 Chemical Weapons Convention. A new report highlights the weaknesses in the existing treaty by showing how it fails to cover research into non-lethal chemical weapons or newer chemical compounds (ex. binary weapons) that weren't conceived of at the time of the treaty.

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