Showing posts with label chemical weapons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chemical weapons. Show all posts

Friday, 22 March 2013

U.S. - NATO countries work on plans for military action in Syria after the use of chemical weapons

After the use of Chemical weapons in Syria, there is some plans to send troops on the ground to secure Syria's chemical weapons facilities if they were in danger of being looted. An actual deployment would likely involve far fewer ground troops, and from various nations, but it underscores the scope of the challenge.
The opposition Free Syrian Army is creating a special unit of men trained to secure Syria’s chemical weapons sites, a former general in the country’s chemical and biological weapons administration has told the Daily Telegraph.

Friday, 15 March 2013

Syrian army is preparing to use chemical weapons against rebels said Israel military intelligence

Israel's military intelligence chief, Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi, said Thursday, March 14, 2013, that Syrian President Bashar Assad is preparing for the potential use of chemical weapons. Speaking at a policy and security conference, Kochavi noted that the Syrian military has to date fired some 70 Scud and M-600 missiles, which carried conventional warheads filled with explosives, at populated areas across the country.
Syrian armed forces Scud-B SS-1C short range ballistic missile
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