Chemical weapons should be taken in consideration

Chemical weapons should be taken into consideration
Chemical weapons cannot be completely thrown out of the stockpiles of
the world’s leading powers, even though they are banned, RIA-Novosti
quotes the head of Russia’s Radiation, Chemical, and Biological
Defense Forces.
The Chemical Weapons Convention, in force since April 29, 1997, has
been joined by 188 of 195 UN member states.
“This type of weaponry cannot be completely excluded from the arsenals
of warfare, because analysis of the multi-billion spending, both in the
United States and other Western countries, on the development of new
combat agents, which fall under the provisions of the Convention,
shows that this work is ongoing,” RIA-Novosti reports.
New means of protection against biological agents are being developed
in the world, which essentially use technology that can be used to
produce new agents, he said. Some of these developments, especially in
the area of genetic engineering, can hinder or neutralize the efforts
to counter new agents, the general warned.