In message , Chad Irby
writes
In article ,
"Paul J. Adam" wrote:
I can see plenty of scope for "defensive" CW, even for "defensive" BW
(though that's stretching it a lot). Never heard of the "chemical
minefield"?

When you're putting chemical and biological weapons in missiles with
ranges longer than your country is wide, it's *really* hard to call them
"defensive" any more...

Sure, but that's Israel and Syria, not Iraq. (Not that Iraq would have
minded such a capability, but they never managed to develop it)

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When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.
W S Churchill

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