KhAB-500, the Glossary
The KhAB-500 is the provisional naming of a series of World War II-era aerial bombs developed by the Soviet Air Force to deliver chemical weapons.[1]
Table of Contents
11 relations: Aerial bomb, Aircraft, Chemical weapon, Chemical Weapons Convention, KAB-500L, KhAB-250, Mustard gas, Phosgene, Soviet Air Forces, Soviet Union, World War II.
- Chemical weapons
- World War II weapons of the Soviet Union
Aerial bomb
An aerial bomb is a type of explosive or incendiary weapon intended to travel through the air on a predictable trajectory.
Aircraft
An aircraft (aircraft) is a vehicle that is able to fly by gaining support from the air.
Chemical weapon
A chemical weapon (CW) is a specialized munition that uses chemicals formulated to inflict death or harm on humans. KhAB-500 and chemical weapon are chemical weapons.
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Chemical Weapons Convention
The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), officially the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction, is an arms control treaty administered by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), an intergovernmental organization based in The Hague, The Netherlands.
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KAB-500L
The KAB-500L is a laser-guided bomb developed by the Soviet Air Force, entering service in 1975.
KhAB-250
The KhAB-250 is the provisional name of an aerial bomb developed by the Soviet Air Force to deliver the chemical weapon sarin. KhAB-500 and KhAB-250 are chemical weapons.
Mustard gas
Mustard gas or sulfur mustard are names commonly used for the organosulfur chemical compound bis(2-chloroethyl) sulfide, which has the chemical structure S(CH2CH2Cl)2, as well as other species.
Phosgene
Phosgene is an organic chemical compound with the formula.
Soviet Air Forces
The Soviet Air Forces (r, VVS SSSR; literally "Military Air Forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics"; initialism VVS, sometimes referred to as the "Red Air Force", were one of the air forces of the Soviet Union. The other was the Soviet Air Defence Forces. The Air Forces were formed from components of the Imperial Russian Air Service in 1917, and faced their greatest test during World War II.
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Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
See also
Chemical weapons
- 3-Methylfentanyl
- Al Hijarah (missile)
- Area denial weapon
- Arsenical
- Binary chemical weapon
- Binary liquid
- Blister agents
- Blood agents
- Boulet Asphyxiant
- CNS (chemical weapon)
- CS gas
- Chemical Weapons Act 1996
- Chemical weapon
- Chlorophenylsilatrane
- Contamination Indicator Decontamination Assurance System
- Defoliants
- Dimethyl methylphosphonate
- Diphenylchlorarsine
- Diphenylcyanoarsine
- Disabled Iranian veterans
- EA-3148
- Fluoroethyl fluoroacetate
- Isla San José (Panama)
- KhAB-250
- KhAB-500
- List of chemical warfare agents
- Methyl fluoroacetate
- Nerve agents
- Nettle agent
- PAVA spray
- Pepper spray
- Pepper-spray projectile
- Phosgene oxime
- Pulmonary agents
- Skunk (weapon)
- Stink bomb
- T-1123
- Tear gas
- VR (nerve agent)
- Vomiting agent
- Zyklon B
World War II weapons of the Soviet Union
- FAB-5000
- KhAB-500
- List of Soviet Union military equipment of World War II
- Molotov bread basket
- RS-82 (rocket family)
- TM-44 mine
- TMD-40 mine
- TMD-44 and TMD-B mines