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by rvba 1112 days ago
GB is sarin. What is that GB-2?

Cannot find much information about anything like that via google.

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https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/831901-overview

"Known binary agents include the following: GB binary (sarin, GB2): DF is located in 1 canister, while OPA is in a second canister. The isopropyl amine binds to the hydrogen fluoride generated during the chemical reaction. After deployment of the weapon, the 2 canisters rupture and the chemical mixture produces GB."

Binary of sarin is latest they got? Doesnt sound very "new".
The US destroyed it's chemical weapons stockpile in the 1990's and 2000's. After the fall of the Soviet Union, there's no use case for chemical weapons and precision weapons are more profitable.
> The US destroyed it's chemical weapons stockpile in the 1990's and 2000's.

Maybe officially.