tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post2939482323873465068..comments2024-03-27T21:23:40.339-04:00Comments on Chemjobber: Bonus Process Wednesday: Syrian mobile chemical reactors Chemjobberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932113680515602275noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-56237262671811051292015-09-18T18:25:57.712-04:002015-09-18T18:25:57.712-04:00I agree, there is no concern for local population ...I agree, there is no concern for local population in Syria just like there wasn't any when SU was making anthrax. In both situations there are two chief concerns, a) to keep the program running as efficiently as possible, and b) to make the facility, if discovered, not available for a direct hit. <br />For a) this may mean not losing trained operators.<br />For b) both the Russians and the Syrians are well versed in the effect of negative publicity in the US when a direct hit causes mass casualties. Hiding BC facilities among the population makes any direct military action ineffective for political reasons.SJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-70256125419599124752015-09-18T16:05:57.964-04:002015-09-18T16:05:57.964-04:00If you're using CW in a civil war, I would gue...If you're using CW in a civil war, I would guess that concern for the population is not on even your long list of worries. <br /><br />It's only partially relevant, but the Russians did site one of their major anthrax weapon manufacture sites in the middle of a city. Hapnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-74985205932478238412015-09-18T15:08:21.891-04:002015-09-18T15:08:21.891-04:00Also, if the 18-wheeler is moved with both vats ev...Also, if the 18-wheeler is moved with both vats even partially filled a road accident or running over an IED creates a large scale CW in-situ.SJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-85738747206693801162015-09-17T12:32:18.815-04:002015-09-17T12:32:18.815-04:00Not always the most sensible thing to do, but it&#...Not always the most sensible thing to do, but it's an option. Unitary weapons are undoubtedly simpler to deploy. Binary precursors are quite capable of deadly accidents. In an absolute sense, they're less toxic than the final agent, but QL (binary precursor to VX) has toxicity on par with cyanide and DF (binary precursor for Sarin and Soman) is itself an anticholinesterase. The HF fumes produced as a by product may also be cause for concern. The real advantage to binary chemical agents is for long-term storage. As the US's own experience with the M55 rocket showed, unitary Sarin may corrode its container to the point of leakage.<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M55_(rocket)#Disposal_issuesDDTeanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-57513914806487059292015-09-16T17:56:10.205-04:002015-09-16T17:56:10.205-04:00Binary works nicely enough for organophosphates (a...Binary works nicely enough for organophosphates (and it is actually the most sensible thing to do, if you are filling CW warheads in the field and want to avoid deadly accidents) but it cannot be used for mustard gas and other chemical weapons.<br />What is described in this case is just a specialized filling station. All you need is pumps, and drums of the stuff (that was manufactured and bulk-stored elsewhere). Incomparably simpler and more practical than the nonexistent Saddam's bioweapon fermenters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-75353520655886992862015-09-16T16:57:29.025-04:002015-09-16T16:57:29.025-04:00That looks remarkably similar to the cartoons from...That looks remarkably similar to the cartoons from the great Iraq mobile bio-lab hoax methinks....<br /><br />http://www.internationalist.org/chemwarhoax0503b.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-89997272788463120202015-09-16T16:29:46.374-04:002015-09-16T16:29:46.374-04:00"Inspectors would later liken the vehicles to..."Inspectors would later liken the vehicles to Transformers toys because they looked so ordinary on the outside."<br /><br />Optimus, no!!!The Iron Chemistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-4805717373754741682015-09-16T16:21:40.569-04:002015-09-16T16:21:40.569-04:00Are there any photos or videos of these reactors o...Are there any photos or videos of these reactors or are we supposed to believe what we see in that cartoon?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-23894807010758966742015-09-16T15:07:22.284-04:002015-09-16T15:07:22.284-04:00Didn't Walter White have similar, to make meth...Didn't Walter White have similar, to make meth?biotechtoreadornoreply@blogger.com