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1991 sarin is just as deadly as it was the day it they filled the shells. One of the dangers we've had with these concerns the insurgents. They're very good using old shells for the IED's. One thing they're not good at is identifying the biological, chemical or standard shells. They've used all of them but fortunately the gas and bio tend to fail. That's a very good thing. Many of the IED's are used in civilian areas. Most of the time our people can contain and deal with the duds.

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  Will13131 year, 7 months ago
  
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  again you show complete ignorance.....
  Sarin has a relatively short shelf life, and will degrade after a period of several weeks to several months. The shelf life may be greatly shortened by impurities in precursor materials. According to the CIA,[2] in 1989 the Iraqi Government destroyed 40 or more tons of sarin that had decomposed, and that some Iraqi sarin had a shelf life of only a few weeks, owing mostly to impure precursors.
  Like other nerve agents, sarin can be chemically deactivated with a strong alkali. Sodium hydroxide can be used in a hydrolysis reaction to destroy sarin, converting it to effectively harmless sodium salts.[3]
  
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