Another small stream political article. Which is nice, thanks for that. But it neglects the big issue regarding Sarin aside from 1 mention.
- Sarin is an extremely unstable, volatile liquid. It breaks down very quickly, rendering it harmless. We are talking about breaking down in matters of houres. Rendering it useless.
- In order to keep it stable for a while, it has to be kept in a vaccum togheter with its acidic residue. However, this creates 2 insane issues
--- 1) As mentionned in the article, its godlike corrosive. it will leak after not too long
----2) Its very difficult to create a pure Sarin with 'pure residue' that doesnt interact with the Sarin itself, other then blocking its natural breakdown reaction.
-------- No country except Russia and especially the US ever managed to create Sarin with a shelft life over 2 weeks.
- There is a way around the issue of corrosion. You store the final two precursors in a ball, with separated chamber, when the shell or rocket gets fired, they get mixed at extreme speed creating Sarin.
---- This removes the corrosion issue partly (not entirely) but the shelf life remains short as the precursors ALSO break down quick as fuck.
So how does someone actually use this stuff, if its so difficult ??
- A high quality lab makes it. Loads it into balls, loads it into warheads. Product is used within two weeks. Consider it a direct use production facility.
---> the rebels in Iraq that got that Sarin warhead in 2004, simply got one that was WAY older then 2 weeks, so the stuff didnt to much anymore
- US found a way to stabilise Sarin without the residual acid. This requires labs only a few countries have. Only the US has one specialising in Sarin (and probably the UK too).
What is the question you must ask yourself ?
- Knowing the extreme short shelflife of unamerican Sarin gas. Where was this produced, and how did the rebels get it ?