All Defence and military articles – Page 4
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NewsUK to invest £48 million in new chemical weapons defence centre
Announcement comes in the wake of poisoning of Russian ex-spy with nerve agent
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NewsUS imposes further sanctions on North Korea for VX assassination
State Department confirms North Korea used lethal nerve agent to kill the half-brother of Kim Jong-un
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NewsNerve agent was behind attack on former Russian spy
UK authorities know which agent was used to poison Sergei Skripal and his daughter but are keeping this secret as inquiries continue
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NewsNorth Korean site identified as suspected rocket fuel facility
DPRK scientific publications reveal 1,1-dimethylhydrazine production
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NewsThe return of chemical weapons?
Recent events in Syria have raised questions over the control of chemical weapons
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NewsTurkish crackdown takes toll on academic output
Analysis finds publications have declined after 8000 academics were fired in the wake of last year’s coup
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NewsUS to clean-up race test chemical weapon relics on Panama island
Legacy mustard gas weapons from second world war will be disposed of in September
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NewsEU imposes sanctions on Syrian chemical weapon scientists
Measures restrict movement and freeze assets of 16 Syrian scientists and military officials, following chemical attacks
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ReviewThe imagineers of war
A history of the Pentagon’s infamous Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
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ReviewToxic exposures: mustard gas and the health consequences of world war II in the United States
An insight into the murky world of chemical warfare
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BusinessRussia invests in speciality chemicals industry
Government will pump cash into sector to develop domestic industry, counteract effects of sanctions, and meet demand from military
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NewsChemical agent used in Syria attack still unidentified
Initial observations suggest sarin was used by government forces, but further investigation is needed
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NewsTrump’s election sparks anxiety among scientists
Research community fears a Trump presidency will harm US science, but the biotech and pharma industry are more upbeat
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PodcastGrunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War by Mary Roach – Book club
The non-weapon technologies of war, from penis transplants to maggot therapy
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NewsFailed coup leads to crackdown on academics
More than 1500 deans have been dismissed from universities amid claims of a settling of political scores
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NewsIsraeli chemists urge government to ban chemical weapons
Open letter presses prime minister to ‘remove the curse of chemical weapons from the face of the Earth
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NewsHollywood may have shaped Iraq war chemical weapons intel
Claim that nerve agents were stored in glass beads bears resemblance to action film