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Word: sarin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...recent months, the nature of the arcane arsenal's components has gradually been revealed. In the chemical-warfare category, one of the most lethal gases is Sarin (GB), which in heavy vapor doses attacks the victim's nervous system and reduces him to a convulsive mass before death occurs. Fifteen years ago, the commanding officer of the Army's Rocky Mountain Arsenal estimated that a single drop of the nerve gas in liquid form on the back of a man's hand could kill him in 30 seconds. Sarin has been improved since then. The Army...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: THE DILEMMA OF CHEMICAL WARFARE | 6/27/1969 | See Source »

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