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Old 02-24-2017, 11:20 AM   #57
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Originally Posted by burn_this_city View Post
"VX can also be delivered in binary chemical weapons which mix in-flight to form the agent prior to release. Binary VX is referred to as VX2 and is created by mixing O-(2-diisopropylaminoethyl) O′-ethyl methylphosphonite (Agent QL) with elemental sulfur (Agent NE) as is done in the Bigeye aerial chemical bomb. It may also be produced by mixing with sulfur compounds, as with the liquid dimethyl polysulfide mixture (Agent NM) in the canceled XM-768 8-inch binary projectile program."
I get what you're saying, but I just can't see how they would get their hands on the two precursers and the elemental sulfur and then sit there and mix it exactly. Plus getting those chemicals across a pretty secure border or through a mail service would probably be pretty tough to do.
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