Chemical Weapon

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It is time for Norwegians to get their heads out of the sand regarding chemical weapons. Declaring Norway a chemical weapons free area is an illusion. Those Soviet systems on the Kola Peninsula capable of delivering chemical weapons are not there for the amusement of Russian soldiers. Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev did not get around to discussing chemical weapons in Iceland. An American official who was there commented that there are only so many hours in a day. Another reason was that there was little public pressure. This is surprising, since a number of countries have used chemical weapons since World War II, most recently in the Iraq-Iran conflict. Furthermore, they have always been used against countries which had poor chemical defenses and little or nothing with which to retaliate. A quarter of a century ago, there were about five countries with chemical weapons. There are now about fifteen, and the number is growing...

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