D TO APPENDIX TO ANNEX B TO XVIII AB OPLAN

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Subject: D TO APPENDIX TO ANNEX B TO  XVIII AB  OPLAN                    

Unit: XVIII CORPS 

Parent Organization: ARCENT      

Box  ID: BX000047

Folder Title: CHEMICAL INFORMATION                                                                            

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       IFECTION OF THE LUNGS. IN   ADDITION,  BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER@EXPOSED
     '@N COULD BE AFFECTED BY LIQUID SULFUR MUSTARD 14AKIRG 4CONTAt:'I' WlI'lli@4
     @Y AN HOUR. MUSTARD EFFECTS WOULD ALSO BE ENHANCED BY THE FACT THAT
              'PORES WOULD
       IE SKIN             REMAIN OPEN IN SUCH WEATHER CONDITIONS MAKING IT
       ISIER AND FASTER FOR THE MUSTARD TO PENETRATE AND TAKE EFFECT.
       7 PIRATION ON THE SKIN WOULD ALSO EXACERBATE THE EFFECTS OF SULFUR
       P.S
       JSTARD. ALTHOUGH MUSTARD IS NOT NECESSARILY LETHAL IT IS POISONOUS.
     ItJ THE ABSENCE OF MEDICAL TREATMENT, MUSTARD AGENT CAN EVENTUALLY BE
     LETHAL IN LARGE DOSES. MUSTARD IS IDEAL FOR CONTAMINATIOtl OF TARGETS
     .,5zEP IN THE ENEMIES REAR AREA SINCE IT WOULD REMAIN IN THE
       )NTAMINATED AREA FOR HOURS-TO-DAYS DEPENDING ON WEATHER C014DITIOI,IS.
        (U) DUSTY AGEITTS.
       1 YU)       IF THE IP@AQIS USE DUSTY MUSTARD IT WOULD POSSESS AN
     :,f)(TREMELY HAZARDOUS IIIHAL-ATIOII THREAT, RESULTI14G IN SEVERE 1,Ul@IG
       @4AGE. NATO PROTECT!-VE @IASYS, HOWEVER, ARE CAPABLE OF PROTECTIIIG
     :0-i'tLITARY PERSONNEL FRO14 THIS @AZARD. THE ONLY IRAQI DUSTY AGEIIT
     t4LnliTION KNOWN TO DATE IS 250 K(3 BOMB TIIAT WAS MOST LIKELY DELIVERED
     @Y JET AIRCRAFT DURING THE 1-@N-IRAQ lial?. IT C014TATITED I-IIJSTAPI) AJID
     .SMMICA OR GLASS PARTICLES III THE I-.O TO 5.0 MICROMETER SIZE RAIIGE.
     -Z-r IS REASONABLE TO J@SSUIIE THAT THE 1301-11-i AND 155 IIbl TUBE ARTILLEP,',r




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       ID 122MM ROCKET ARTILLERY, 1-@HICII THE IRAQIS HAVE FITTED I-IITII
     C14EMICAL WARHEADS, COULD ALSO BE USED FOR DELIVERY OF DUSTY AC-Ftl'.I'S.
     Ot4 THE OTHER ILZ14D, NATO AIR-PEPd4EABLE PROTECTIVE-SUITS ARE VULI-IEPABLE
ETWEEN 0.05 AND 3.o
     A@CROMETERS. IF THE SUITS ARE PE14ETPATED, THE EFFECTS ON THE SKIN BY
     ;DUSTY MUSTARD COULD @4GE FROM SEVERE INFLAMI-IATIOII TO IIASSIVE
 @@ISTERING.
       !I')+&) ASSUMING IRAQI CHEMICAL USE AGAINST US FORCES AIID ASSUI-!IIIC-
     -YRE DUSTY AGENT WAS FILLED IN '1'IIE PROPER kIU14ITIOII, THE PROBABII,.Tl-Y OF
     WSTY AGENT BEING USED MIGHT BE III THE RANGE OF 70 TO 90 PERCEII'I'.
     @4CE U.S. ClIE141CAL AGEITT DETECTORS ARE PRIMARILY I)FSIGIIFD TO DETECT
     .@OUID OR VAPOR AGENTS PARTICULARLY ']'HE IIERVE AGEIITS, THERE IS A
     I@TENTIAL LACK OF DUSTY AGE14T DE'I'FC'I'ABILITY BY AIIY U.S. FORCES FF.Illi@
     'T'O
       THE MIDDLE EAST. THIS COULD RESULT IN AIJ IRAQI DAY AGEII'I' ATJ'ACI'
     iYi4AT GOES UNDETECTED UNTIL CASUR,@,IES ARE EXPERIEIICED AL-IOIIG
     lalJPROTECTED PERSONNEL. ',-F All Ad@T CANIIOT 13E DETECFED, TfiEf-I
     @OTECTIVE EQUIPMENT I-!AY NOT BE;@D'(DIIIIED QUICKLY ENOUGH TO PREVE"
     ;.S@NIFICANT CASUALTIES. SUCH @ POSSIBILITY PRESENTS A COMMAND        ,III
                           OF WEARING PROTECTIVE EQUIPIIENT CONTINUOE$-'i
     :-FOE UNENVIABLE CHOICE                                          Us@lti.@CIR
     @KING CASUALTIES FROM AN UNDETECTED ENEMY ATTACK.      IN VIEW OF THIS





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Document 7 f:/Week-15/BX000047/CHEMICAL INFORMATION/d to appendix to annex b to xviii ab oplan:12269616083112
Control Fields 17
File Room = apr96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-15
Box ID = BX000047
Unit = XVIII CORPS
Parent Organization = ARCENT
Folder Title = CHEMICAL INFORMATION
Folder Seq # = 35
Subject = D TO APPENDIX TO ANNEX B TO XVIII AB OPLAN
Document Seq # = 3
Document Date =
Scan Date =
Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 26-DEC-1996