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binary weapon [′bīn·ə·rē ′wep·ən]

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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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No references found			Iraq made 800 tons of sarin, as well as binary weapons like the shell. SARIN SHELL 'NO BIG DEAL' by The Mirror (London, England) According to unclassified portions of the new report, released last week by the General Accounting Office (GAO), the congressional watchdog agency, the 14-year, on-again-off-again Bigeye program has not yet demonstrated that these binary weapons will achieve their design potency, will function as expected or can be delivered reliably and safely. Controversy ignites over chemical bomb by Raloff, Janet / Science News But advances have given birth to binary weapons, which means deploying lethal weapons like VX, sarin and mustard gas is much easier. WHAT'S IN THE ARSENAL OF EVIL by The Mirror (London, England)			binary operation binary optics binary package binary phase-shift keying binary picture binary point binary pulsar binary quantic binary row binary safe binary scaler binary search binary separation binary sequence binary signal binary standard binary star Binary Stars Binary Synchronous Transmission binary system Binary System of Numeration Binary Systems binary transfer binary tree binary values binary weapon binary word binary XML binary-to-decimal conversion binate binaural Binaural Effect binaural hearing binaural intensity effect binaural phase effect binaural sound binche lace Binchois, Gilles Binchy bind bind-seize Binder binder course binder lead binder soil Binder, Ludwig binderless briquetting bindery bindheimite Binding binding agent			Binary to Decimal Binary to Decimal Converter Binary to Decimal Decoder Binary to Hexadecimal Binary to Octal binary transfer Binary Transformation Model Binary translation Binary Translation Processor Binary tree Binary tree Binary Tree of Xor Gates Binary Tree Predictive Coding Binary Tree-Genetic Algorithm Binary Tree-Structured Vector Quantization Binary trees Binary Unit System Binary Units Generating Stress :-) Binary Universal Form for the Representation of Meteorological Data Binary Universal Format Representation Binary University College of Management and Entrepreneurship binary values Binary variable Binary voting Binary Wavelet Transform binary weapon Binary With Follow-Up binary word Binary XML Binary Yoked Transfer Element Binary-coded decimal Binary-coded decimal Binary-coded decimal Binary-coded decimal notation Binary-Element Method Binary-Encounter-Bethe Binary-Input Additive White Gaussian Noise Binary-Input Binary-Output Binary-Input Memoryless Symmetric Channel Binary-Input/Non-Symmetric Output Binary-Input/Symmetric-Output Binary-Labeled Channel Binary-Quantized Data-Transition Tracking Loop Binary-safe Binary-Symmetric Source Binary-to-decimal conversion Binary-to-decimal conversion Binary-To-Quadriphase Binary-to-Symbol Converter/Conversion Binary-translation Optimized Architecture Binary-Tree on Binary-Tree BINAS BINAS binasal hemianopia binasal hemianopia

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