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<blockquote data-quote="Jones" data-source="post: 341527" data-attributes="member: 4805"><p>I'm talking about the shelf life of Sarin, I should have made that clear. I can't find any support for it having a shelf life of 27 to 100 years regardless of how it is stored. Iraqi produced Sarin in particular generally had impurities that reduced it's shelf life to a matter of weeks:</p><p><em> When the Iraqis produced chemical munitions they appeared to adhere to a “make and use” regimen. Judging by the information Iraq gave the United Nations,</em></p><p><em>later verified by on-site inspections, Iraq had poor product quality for their nerve agents. This low quality was likely due to a lack of purification. They had to get the agent to the front promptly or have it degrade in the munition.</em></p><p><em>Using their weapons soon after production probably worked well in the Iran-Iraq War, where the skies over Iraq were controlled by the Iraqis. Unfortunately for the Iraqis, loss of air control in the Gulf meant the weapons could never reach the front. The chemical munitions found in Iraq after the Gulf War contained badly deteriorated agents and a significant proportion</em></p><p><em>were visibly leaking.</em></p><p></p><p>I found the above quoted information in the <a href="http://www.fas.org/irp/threat/mctl98-2/index.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: Blue"><u><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Militarily Critical Technologies List (MCTL) </span></span></u></span></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jones, post: 341527, member: 4805"] I'm talking about the shelf life of Sarin, I should have made that clear. I can't find any support for it having a shelf life of 27 to 100 years regardless of how it is stored. Iraqi produced Sarin in particular generally had impurities that reduced it's shelf life to a matter of weeks: [I] When the Iraqis produced chemical munitions they appeared to adhere to a “make and use” regimen. Judging by the information Iraq gave the United Nations, later verified by on-site inspections, Iraq had poor product quality for their nerve agents. This low quality was likely due to a lack of purification. They had to get the agent to the front promptly or have it degrade in the munition. Using their weapons soon after production probably worked well in the Iran-Iraq War, where the skies over Iraq were controlled by the Iraqis. Unfortunately for the Iraqis, loss of air control in the Gulf meant the weapons could never reach the front. The chemical munitions found in Iraq after the Gulf War contained badly deteriorated agents and a significant proportion were visibly leaking.[/I] I found the above quoted information in the [URL="http://www.fas.org/irp/threat/mctl98-2/index.html"][COLOR=Blue][U][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Militarily Critical Technologies List (MCTL) [/SIZE][/FONT][/U][/COLOR][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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