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binary weapon
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binary weapon [′bīn·ə·rē ′wep·ən]
(ordnance)
A weapon that operates by storing less-than-lethal chemicals in separate compartments of a projectile; the wall between the compartments breaks after the munition is fired, allowing the chemicals to combine in a lethal mixture.


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hydrolysate shipments to Port Arthur, Texas; reaching the Chemical Weapons Convention's 45 percent agent destruction milestone; and the elimination of binary chemical weapons in the United States.
Every binary chemical weapon it produced was offset by the destruction of a unitary artillery shell from the existing arsenal.
Some speakers supported the move, expressing particular concern over plans by the Untied States to deploy binary chemical weapons on the continent.
 
 
 
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