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eypandabear t1_jacfeaq wrote

Reply to comment by ForgottenDreamshaper in Salisbury Novichok poisoning medics 'still traumatised' by DeathHamster1

Chemical weapons are not designed to assassinate specific individuals. They are made to either kill or incapacitate large numbers of people at once.

The messiness is a feature, not a flaw. They used a military nerve agent to send a message. Like the mob does.

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Zvenigora t1_jaelihd wrote

But the truth is that they are poor battlefield weapons which require near-perfect wind conditions to work at all. They are in fact much more suited to assassination.

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