yperite


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yperite

(ˈiːpəˌraɪt)
n
(Chemistry) mustard gas or sulphur mustard, C4H8Cl2S
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It said Syria had not answered questions on matters including possible remaining stocks of yperite (mustard gas) and DF (a sarin precursor), undeclared chemical weapons of small calibre and signs VX and sarin on production and loading sites.
A fake news story headlined "An Echo of Syria in Latvia: US Soldiers Exposed to Yperite" was published on the BNS Lithuania wire in Lithuanian and Russian on April 12.
Kapashin added that previously Russia destroyed all the stockpiles of yperite and soman.
According to the Organization for the Prohibition of the Chemical Weapons, Syria reported to have some 1,000 tons of category 1 chemical weapons such as Yperite, Sarin, VX nerve agent and precursors, that is to say components of which the aforementioned gases are made.