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Sea-Dumped Chemical Weapons: Aspects, Problems and Solutions pp 17–27Cite as

Pre-Convention Liquidation of Soviet Chemical Weapons

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A new approach to the problems related to the pre-convention history of Soviet chemical weapons (CW) has been developed. It is focusing on underwater disposal of home-made (Soviet) and captured (German) CW in the seas surrounding Russia and their burial; contamination of numerous territories due to producing, testing and stockpiling CW.

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  1. Vernadsky Institute of Geo-Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Union For Chemical Safety, Moscow, Russia

    Dr. Lev A. Fedorov

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  1. Institute of the USA and Canadian Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    Alexander V. Kaffka

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Fedorov, L.A. (1996). Pre-Convention Liquidation of Soviet Chemical Weapons. In: Kaffka, A.V. (eds) Sea-Dumped Chemical Weapons: Aspects, Problems and Solutions. NATO ASI Series, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8713-6_3

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