Sarin, given the NATO designation GB, is an extremely toxic organophosphorus compound that has been used as a chemical weapon because of its extreme potency as a nerve agent. It is a volatile, colorless, and odorless liquid; exposure can be lethal even at very low concentrations, with death able to occur within one to ten minutes of inhaling a lethal dose through suffocation from respiratory paralysis unless antidotes are administered quickly. It was discovered in 1938 by scientists at the German company IG Farben, and it is now widely considered a weapon of mass destruction, with its production and stockpiling outlawed since April 1997 under the Chemical Weapons Convention. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Weapon ClassNerve agent (chemical warfare agent) 1 Introduced Year Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)Chemical Weapon / Agent 1 Connections
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1. Wikipedia: Sarin
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Sarin was discovered in 1938 in Wuppertal-Elberfeld in Germany by scientists at IG Farben who were attempting to create stronger pesticides
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Sarin (NATO designation GB short for G-series, B) is an extremely toxic organophosphorus compound that has been often used as a chemical weapon due to its extreme potency as a nerve agent.
Operated By: United States Army, Article text
Isopropylamine was included as part of the M687 155 mm field artillery shell, which was a binary sarin weapon system developed by the US Army.
In Group: Modern Chemical Warfare Agents, Lead sentence
Sarin (NATO designation GB short for G-series, B) is an extremely toxic organophosphorus compound that has been often used as a chemical weapon due to its extreme potency as a nerve agent.
Used In: Syrian Civil War, Article text
August 2013: Ghouta chemical attack; Sarin was used in multiple simultaneous attacks in the Ghouta region of the Rif Dimashq Governorate of Syria during the Syrian Civil War.
Used In: Iran-Iraq War, Article text
April 1988: Iraq used Sarin four times against Iranian soldiers at the end of the Iran-Iraq War, helping Iraqi forces to retake control of the al-Faw Peninsula during the Second Battle of al-Faw.
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