U.S. military chemical and biological symbols
Chemical ,biological (CB) — and sometimesradiological — warfare agents were assigned what is termed amilitary symbol by the U.S. military until the American chemical and biological weapons programs were terminated (in 1990 and 1969, respectively). Military symbols applied to the CB agent fill, and not to the entire weapon. A chemical or biological weapon designation would be, for example, "Aero-14/B", which could be filled with GB, VX, TGB, or with a biological modification kit – OU, NU, UL, etc. A CB weapon is an integrated device of (1) agent, (2) dissemination means, and (3) delivery system.
Military symbols can sometimes reflect the name of where a chemical agent is manufactured. For example,chloropicrin has the symbol PS, which was derived from the British town in which it was manufactured during the First World War:Port Sunlight .[ 1]
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