To: estjohn
"Are there countermeasures for VX on bridges? Can it be neutralized or do you just have to bypass it...."
There are neutralizing agents mixed with water, but it delays an offensive severely. Mixed with a minefield, a blown bridge, and VX, you could easily bog down a column for up to a day. You have to decontaminate, clear the minefield, then send in the engineers to build the bridge. There is a misconception that we'll be in Baghdad in 3 or 4 days. I strongly disagree. This is a war which will last 30-45 days, minimum. Alot depends on the deployment of biologicals, which are a bigger problem than chemical weapons.
47 posted on
03/18/2003 7:26:22 PM PST by
Beck_isright
(A good battle plan that you act on today can be better than a perfect one tomorrow. - Gen. Patton)
To: Beck_isright
Thank you Beck for inserting a dose of reality.
69 posted on
03/18/2003 9:09:32 PM PST by
Archangelsk
(No battle plan survives first contact.)
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