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Truth about wmd

>THE TRUTH ABOUT WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION Words of Wisdom From An
>Armor Master
>by SFC Red Thomas (Ret) Armor Master Gunner Mesa, AZ
>
>Since the media has decided to scare everyone with predictions of
>chemical, biological, or nuclear warfare on our turf I decided to write
>a paper and keep things in their proper perspective. I am a retired
>military weapons, munitions, and training expert.
>Lesson number one: In the mid 1990s there were a series of nerve gas
>attacks on crowded Japanese subway stations. Given perfect conditions
>for an attack less than 10% of the people there were injured (the
>injured were better in a few hours) and only one percent of the injured
>died. 60 Minutes once had a fellow telling us that one drop of nerve gas
>could kill a thousand people, well he didn't tell you the thousand dead
>people per drop was theoretical. Drill Sergeants exaggerate how terrible
>this stuff was to keep the recruits awake in class (I know this because
>I was a Drill Sergeant too). Forget everything you've ever seen on TV,
>in the movies, or read in a novel about this stuff, it was all a lie
>(read this sentence again out loud!). These weapons are about terror, if
>you remain calm, you will probably not die. This is far less scary than
>the media and their "Experts," make it sound.
>
>Chemical weapons are categorized as Nerve, Blood, Blister, and
>Incapacitating agents Contrary to the hype of reporters and politicians
>they are not weapons of mass destruction they are "Area denial," and
>terror weapons that don't destroy! anything. When you leave the area you
>almost always leave the risk. That's the difference; you can leave the
>area and the risk; soldiers may have to stay put and sit through it and
>that's why they need all that spiffy gear. These are not gasses, they
>are vapors and/or air borne particles. The agent must be delivered in
>sufficient quantity to injure, and that defines when/how it's used.
>
>Every day we have a morning and evening inversion where "stuff,"
>suspended in the air gets pushed down. This inversion is why allergies
>(pollen) and air pollution are worst at these times of the day. So, a
>chemical attack will have it's best effect an hour of so either side of
>sunrise/sunset. Also, being vapors and airborne particles they are
>heavier than air so they will seek low places like ditches, basements
>and underground garages.
>
>This stuff won't work when it's freezing, it doesn't last when it's hot,
>and wind spreads it too thin too fast. They've got to get this stuff on
>you, or, get you to inhale it for it to work. They also have to get the
>concentration of chemicals high enough to kill or wound you. Too little
>and it's nothing, too much and it's wasted. What I hope you've gathered
>by this point is that a chemical weapons attack that kills a lot of
>people is incredibly hard to do with military grade agents and equipment
>so you can imagine how hard it will be for terrorists.
>
>The more you know about this stuff the more you realize how hard it is
>to use. We'll start by talking about nerve agents. You have these in
>your house, plain old bug killer (like Raid) is nerve agent. All nerve
>agents work the same way; they are cholinesterase inhibitors that mess
>up the signals your nervous system uses to make your body function. It
>can harm you if you get it on your skin but it works best if they can
>get you to inhale it. If you don't die in the first minute and you can
>leave the area you're probably gonna live. The military's antidote for
>all nerve agents is atropine and pralidoxime chloride.
>
>Neither one of these does anything to cure the nerve agent, they send
>your body into overdrive to keep you alive for five minutes, after that
>the agent is used up. Your best protection is fresh air and staying
>calm.
>
>Listed are the symptoms for nerve agent poisoning. Sudden headache,
>Dimness of vision (someone you're looking at will have pinpointed
>pupils), Runny nose, Excessive saliva or drooling, Difficulty breathing,
>Tightness in chest, Nausea, Stomach cramps, Twitching of exposed skin
>where a liquid just got on you.
>
>If you are in public and you start experiencing these symptoms, first
>ask yourself, did anything out of the ordinary just happen, a loud pop,
>did someone spray something on the crowd? Are other people getting sick
>too? Is there an odor of new mown hay, green corn, something fruity, or
>camphor where it shouldn't be? If the answer is yes, then calmly (if you
>panic you breathe faster and inhale more air/poison) leave the area and
>head up wind, or, outside. Fresh air is the best "right now antidote."
>
>If you have a blob of liquid that looks like molasses or Karo syrup on
>you; blot it or scrape it off and away from yourself with anything
>disposable. This stuff works based on your body weight, what a crop
>duster uses to kill bugs won't hurt you unless you stand there and
>breathe it in real deep, then lick the residue off the ground for while.
>Remember they have to do all the work, they have to get the
>concentration up and keep it up for several minutes while all you have
>to do is quit getting it on you/quit breathing it by putting space
>between you and the attack.
>
>Blood agents are cyanide or arsine which effect your blood's ability to
>provide oxygen to your tissue. The scenario for attack would be the same
>as nerve agent. Look for a pop or someone splashing/spraying something
>and folks around there getting woozy/falling down. The telltale smells
>are bitter almonds or garlic where it shouldn't be. The symptoms are
>blue lips, blue under the fingernails rapid breathing. The military's
>antidote is amyl nitride and just like nerve agent antidote it just
>keeps your body working for five minutes till the toxins are used up.
>Fresh air is the your best individual chance.
>
>Blister agents (distilled mustard) are so nasty that nobody wants to
>even handle it let alone use it. It's almost impossible to handle safely
>and may have delayed effect of up to 12 hours. The attack scenario is
>also limited to the things you'd see from other chemicals. If you do get
>large, painful blisters for no apparent reason, don't pop them, if you
>must, don't let the liquid from the blister get on any other area, the
>stuff just keeps on spreading. It's just as likely to harm the user as
>the target. Soap, water, sunshine, and fresh air are this stuff's enemy.
>
>Bottom line on chemical weapons (it's the same if they use industrial
>chemical spills); they are intended to make you panic, to terrorize you,
>to heard you like sheep to the wolves. If there is an attack, leave the
>area and go upwind, or to the sides of the wind stream. They have to get
>the stuff to you, and on you. You're more likely to be hurt by a drunk
>driver on any given day than be hurt by one of these attacks. Your odds
>get better if you leave the area. Soap, water, time, and fresh air
>really deal this stuff a knock-out-punch. Don't let fear of an isolated
>attack rule your life. The odds are really on your side.
>
>Nuclear bombs. These are the only weapons of mass destruction on earth.
>The effects of a nuclear bomb are heat, blast, EMP, and radiation. If
>you see a bright flash of light like the sun, where the sun isn't, fall
>to the ground! The heat will be over in a second. Then there will be two
>blast waves, one out going, and one on it's way back. Don't stand up to
>see what happened after the first wave; anything that's going to happen
>will have happened in two full minutes. These will be low yield devices
>and will not level whole cities. If you live through the heat, blast,
>and initial burst of radiation, you'll probably live for a very very
>long time. Radiation will not create fifty foot tall women, or giant
>ants and grass hoppers the size of tanks. These will be at the most 1
>kiloton bombs; that's the equivalent of 1,000 tons of TNT. Here's the
>real deal, flying debris and radiation will kill a lot of exposed (not
>all)! people within a half mile of the blast. Under perfect conditions
>this is about a half mile circle of death and destruction, but, when
>it's done it's done. EMP stands for Electro Magnetic Pulse and it will
>fry every electronic device for a good distance, it's impossible to say
>what and how far but probably not over a couple of miles from ground
>zero is a good guess. Cars, cell phones, computers, ATMs, you name it,
>all will be out of order.
>
>There are lots of kinds of radiation, you only need to worry about
>three, the others you have lived with for years. You need to worry about
>"Ionizing radiation," these are little sub atomic particles that go
>whizzing along at the speed of light. They hit individual cells in your
>body, kill the nucleus and keep on going. That's how you get radiation
>poisoning, you have so many dead cells in your body that the decaying
>cells poison you. It's the same as people getting radiation treatments
>for cancer, only a bigger area gets radiated. The good news is you don't
>have to just sit there and take it, and there's lots you can do rather
>than panic.
>
>First; your skin will stop alpha particles, a page of a news paper or
>your clothing will stop beta particles, you just gotta try and avoid
>inhaling dust that's contaminated with atoms that are emitting these
>things and you'll be generally safe from them. Gamma rays are particles
>that travel like rays (quantum physics makes my brain hurt) and they
>create the same damage as alpha and beta particles only they keep going
>and kill lots of cells as they go all the way through your body. It
>takes a lot to stop these things, lots of dense material, on the other
>hand it takes a lot of this to kill you. Your defense is as always to
>not panic. Basic hygiene and normal preparation are your friends. All
>canned or frozen food is safe to eat. The radiation poisoning will not
>effect plants so fruits and vegetables are OK if there's no dust on them
>(rinse them off if there is). If you don't have running water and you
>need to collect rain water or use water from wherever, just let it sit
>for thirty minutes and skim off the water gently from the top. The dust
>with the bad stuff in it will settle and the remaining water can be used
>for the toilet which will still work if you have a bucket of water to
>pour in the tank.
>
>Finally there's biological warfare. There's not much to cover here.
>Basic personal hygiene and sanitation will take you further than a
>million doctors. Wash your hands often, don't share drinks, food, sloppy
>kisses, etc., ... with strangers. Keep your garbage can with a tight lid
>on it, don't have standing water (like old buckets, ditches, or kiddy
>pools) laying around to allow mosquitoes breeding room. This stuff is
>carried by vectors, that is bugs, rodents, and contaminated material. If
>biological warfare is as easy as the TV makes it sound, why has Saddam
>Hussein spent twenty years, millions, and millions of dollars trying to
>get it right? If you're clean of person and home you eat well and are
>active you're gonna live.
>
>Overall preparation for any terrorist attack is the same as you'd take
>for a big storm. If you want a gas mask, fine, go get one. I know this
>stuff and I'm not getting one and I told my Mom not to bother with one
>either (how's that for confidence).
>
>We have a week's worth of cash, several days worth of canned goods and
>plenty of soap and water. We don't leave stuff out to attract bugs or
>rodents so we don't have them. These people can't conceive a nation this
>big with this much resources.
>
>These weapons are made to cause panic, terror, and to demoralize. If we
>don't run around like sheep they won't use this stuff after they find
>out it's no fun. The government is going nuts over this stuff because
>they have to protect every inch of America. You've only gotta protect
>yourself, and by doing that, you help the country.
>
>Finally, there are millions of caveats to everything I wrote here and
>you can think up specific scenarios where my advice isn't the best. This
>letter is supposed to help the greatest number of people under the
>greatest number of situations. If you don't like my work, don't nit
>pick, just sit down and explain chemical, nuclear, and biological
>warfare in a document around three pages long yourself. This is how we
>the people of the United States can rob these people of their most
>desired goal, your terror.
>
>Reproduction and distribution is authorized and encouraged
>
>Ken



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