Hi, Don't think this is political. I am curious to know what happens if one of those Bunker Bombing Missiles strikes a bunker or similar which may be concealing weapons of mass destruction with the chemicals already in them. Would the fire from the bombs kill the germs on impact, or could the poisons go out into the atmosphere. I was thinking that since they have already been tried on the Iraqis and the outcome is already known what happens when a person is exposed to the Chemicals, they are not going to be so stupid as to use them within their own country. Does anyone know what happens to such chemical weapons if they are bombed? Are they destroyed in the flames on impact? Thanks Edie

I did a Google search on: "chemical weapons" +destroy +method and got a lot of hits. You might want to look at some of those. Here's part of one (I would think that the effect of a bunker busting bomb would be similar to "incineration" but then again I'm no expert). http://www.tamu.edu/univrel/aggiedaily/news/stories/archive/092498-1.html "Currently, the Army incinerates chemical weapons stored in remote areas. But this method is unsuitable for use around populated areas because at high temperatures, chemical weapons combust and release toxins into the air." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 10:12 PM, Rob and Edie McArthur wrote: > Hi, > Don't think this is political. I am curious to know what happens if > one of those Bunker Bombing Missiles strikes a bunker or similar which > may be concealing weapons of mass destruction with the chemicals > already in them. Would the fire from the bombs kill the germs on > impact, or could the poisons go out into the atmosphere. I was > thinking that since they have already been tried on the Iraqis and the > outcome is already known what happens when a person is exposed to the > Chemicals, they are not going to be so stupid as to use them within > their own country. > > Does anyone know what happens to such chemical weapons if they are > bombed? Are they destroyed in the flames on impact? > > Thanks > Edie > > >

Thanks Debbie, I shall take a look Edie ----- Original Message ----- From: Debbie To: ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com Cc: Rob and Edie McArthur Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 2:34 PM Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG-L] Non Gen Query! I did a Google search on: "chemical weapons" +destroy +method and got a lot of hits. You might want to look at some of those. Here's part of one (I would think that the effect of a bunker busting bomb would be similar to "incineration" but then again I'm no expert). http://www.tamu.edu/univrel/aggiedaily/news/stories/archive/092498-1.html "Currently, the Army incinerates chemical weapons stored in remote areas. But this method is unsuitable for use around populated areas because at high temperatures, chemical weapons combust and release toxins into the air." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 10:12 PM, Rob and Edie McArthur wrote: Hi, Don't think this is political. I am curious to know what happens if one of those Bunker Bombing Missiles strikes a bunker or similar which may be concealing weapons of mass destruction with the chemicals already in them. Would the fire from the bombs kill the germs on impact, or could the poisons go out into the atmosphere. I was thinking that since they have already been tried on the Iraqis and the outcome is already known what happens when a person is exposed to the Chemicals, they are not going to be so stupid as to use them within their own country. Does anyone know what happens to such chemical weapons if they are bombed? Are they destroyed in the flames on impact? Thanks Edie