Read the full piece here. John Gilbert, a senior science fellow at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, said the amount was “fully possible” if the undeclared arsenal included fluorine-phosphorous and isopropyl, two chemicals which produce sarin when mixed. Read the full piece here.
Senior Science Fellow John Gilbert Quoted in Fox News
Read the full piece here. John Gilbert, senior science fellow with the Center for Arms Control and Non Proliferation’s Chemical and Biological Arms Control Working Group, said sarin “can be stored in loaded munitions for decades if it is properly purified and stabilized.” “It is certainly possible that the regime could have hidden sarin, as […]
Recent Papers and Important Archived Documents
Last updated: December 2024 Over the years, present and past members of the Scientists Working Group on Biological and Chemical weapons (SWG) have written hundreds of issued papers, commentaries and analyses. Many of these documents were never published, but distributed to relevant people and organizations. Some are over twenty years old, but are still relevant […]
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell Quoted in CBS News
Read the full piece here. The international community as a whole worked together on that deal, with the U.S. and particularly Russia — which also happened to be Assad’s strongest ally — in the lead. Without Moscow’s consistent pressure on Assad, the deal would never have happened, said Alexandra Bell, senior policy director at the […]
Senior Science Fellow John Gilbert Quoted in WIRED
Read the full piece here. “A competent chemist could make it, and possibly very quickly, in a matter of days,” says John Gilbert, a senior science fellow at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, who spent much of his Air Force career assessing countries’ WMD capabilities. Producing sarin doesn’t require any kind of massive […]
