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VX Nerve Agent Used In NK Assassination
Posted on 2/24/17 at 10:23 am
Posted on 2/24/17 at 10:23 am
The assassination of Kim Jong Un's half brother was accomplished by VX nerve agent being rubbed on his face.
Scientific American
That's some scary stuff - crazy to think about the assassin's having it on their hands. I wonder what kind of shape they are in.
Scientific American
That's some scary stuff - crazy to think about the assassin's having it on their hands. I wonder what kind of shape they are in.
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Posted on 2/24/17 at 10:25 am to RonLaFlamme
Coincidentally, I was just watching season 5 of 24, which focuses on vx nerve gas. Scary stuff for sure
Posted on 2/24/17 at 10:26 am to RonLaFlamme
quote:they are about to be cut out of the equation
crazy to think about the assassin's having it on their hands. I wonder what kind of shape they are in.
Posted on 2/24/17 at 10:26 am to RonLaFlamme
Posted on 2/24/17 at 10:27 am to RonLaFlamme
Stranger yet is that it was a fairly sophisticated hit. Not sure that we have seen that from Kim Jun Un before.
Posted on 2/24/17 at 10:31 am to TT9
Posted on 2/24/17 at 10:32 am to mmcgrath
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fairly sophisticated hit
Lot of people involved, so I'd say it was complicated and coordinated. No doubt, with the VX he wanted to send a message. Should have done the poison umbrella prick like the KGB is known for. Subtler, but effective and probably would have been unnoticed at the time. Nothing subtle about VX.
The fact that they were caught by the Malaysians prevents me from calling it sophisticated though.
Posted on 2/24/17 at 10:32 am to RonLaFlamme
I just remember dudes face bubbling off in The Rock
Posted on 2/24/17 at 10:32 am to RonLaFlamme
Time to go looking for WMD in NK...
Posted on 2/24/17 at 10:33 am to Ag Zwin
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Time to go looking for WMD in NK...
Do they have oil?
Posted on 2/24/17 at 10:34 am to THDAY
Posted on 2/24/17 at 10:39 am to RonLaFlamme
If it was VX, how did it not kill the assassin who apparently applied it to her hands?
Posted on 2/24/17 at 10:42 am to RonLaFlamme
Yeah par for the crazy town course. We don't really have any leverage here, it's just a matter of sitting back and observing how far this totalitarian sociopath takes it . Although I could see a day somewhere in the future where we call his bluff and North Korean missile sites get eviscerated. At some point the crazy becomes more threatening than crazy.
Posted on 2/24/17 at 10:45 am to RonLaFlamme
Posted on 2/24/17 at 10:47 am to RonLaFlamme
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The assassination of Kim Jong Un's half brother was accomplished by VX nerve agent being rubbed on his face.
Posted on 2/24/17 at 10:47 am to Decatur
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If it was VX, how did it not kill the assassin who apparently applied it to her hands?
They think they were wearing some type of surgical glove
Posted on 2/24/17 at 10:48 am to Nado Jenkins83
Its effects externally aren't even remotely as dramatic as depicted on The Rock. Your skin does bubble and turn to jelly and fall off. Of course, the internal part, yeah bad.
Posted on 2/24/17 at 10:49 am to Decatur
No idea - the reports said something about the assassins holding their hands up and walking swiftly towards the bathroom. I don't know much about VX - but I think more than soap and water is required to neutralize it.
This post was edited on 2/24/17 at 10:50 am
Posted on 2/24/17 at 10:50 am to RonLaFlamme
Heard about that on NPR this morning. I found the part about them calling VX a WMD and that Saddam used it against the Kurds interesting.
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