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Your list doesn't include the declared state Albania or the "unnamed state party" thought to be South Korea. Also it needs to link to the Weapons of Mass destruction series with information on the U.S., Russia, etc. Rmhermen 05:04, Dec 22, 2004 (UTC)

Its a work in progress - don't worry. It'll all be in there. -- Clockwork Soul 05:25, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Would it be controversial to state in the table that iraq (currently) has no chemical weapons (at this moment in time)?

IIRC Belgium has or has had (captured or no) stockpiles of vast quantities of chemical weapons left over from WWI which they have had some difficulty in dealing with. It might be interesting to research how far along destruction of these weapons is, or if they are currently all gone. It might also be interesting to check northern france, where there might be some quantity of chemical shells recovered from the ground.

Belgium: Dismantling World War I chemical weapons

Chemical weapons from World War I are still found in Belgium today. Typically a farmer encounters ammunition from World War I, and puts it by the roadside where the military pick it up. It then is transported to an army installation (DOVO, Service Explosive Ordnance Disposal) in Poelkapelle, Belgium, where the ammunition is dismantled. According to the web site of the military, about 150 tons is picked up yearly. About 300 tons is destroyed annually. The amount destroyed is larger than the amount picked up because there's a stockpile of ammunition waiting to be destroyed. The dismantling facility started up in 2000; in 2005 the 10.000th artillery shell was destroyed. Some references (in Dutch, use Google translate): DOVO army website: http://www.mil.be/armycomp/units/index.asp?LAN=nl&FILE=&ID=559&PAGE=3&MENU=602 Newspaper article: http://kw.knack.be/west-vlaanderen/nieuws/algemeen/ontploffing-in-ontmantelingsinstallatie-dovo-poelkapelle-geen-chemische-stoffen-ontsnapt/article-4000169623386.htm See also Dutch language wikipedia: "http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOVO_%28legeronderdeel%29#Voornaamste_opdrachten" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.228.71.21 (talk) 10:31, 12 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Pictures: http://www.mil.be/armycomp/gall/index.asp?LAN=nl&FILE=gall&ID=275314&PAGE=1 pdf: http://ftp.rta.nato.int/public//PubFullText/RTO/TR/RTO-TR-AVT-115///TR-AVT-115-ANN-B-Files/TR-AVT-115-ANN-B-18.pdf — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.228.71.21 (talk) 10:49, 12 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Kim Bruning 09:39, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I must note that while this is a "work in progress", the "citation needed" for the Syria section are numerous and have been, presumably, in place since at least 2005. One must also consider that the Syrian section contains by far the largest number of unattributed statements of any country. Given the current political climate and the relevancy of the chemical weapons topic on this date, the credibility of the article is likely to be called into question without citations. If these are factual statments, let's see the attribution boys and girls.

Renglish (talk) 07:44, 30 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Syria officially Acceded to the CWC Today

This needs to be known.50.157.103.28 (talk) 18:32, 14 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Table

The table is edited from Template:CW Proliferation. It needs to be updated and citations should be added. Unsourced material may be removed. Erlbaeko (talk)

Serbia and Montenegro

Part deleted There have been allegations that CW were used in the area of the former Yugoslavia: both Bosnian Serbs and Bosnian Croats alleged that Bosnian government forces used chlorine during the conflict in Bosnia; Bosnian Serbs allegedly used BZ against Moslem refugees in July 1995; and the FRY Army may have used BZ against Kosovo Albanians in 1999. Mysterious deaths during the 1999 NATO bombings of suspected chemical facilities have also been attributed to CW production. I've deleted this part of the chapter because it holds serious allegations without any source cited (let alone credible source).

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I have noticed several of your countries are missing citations and resources (ex. Libya). I have also noticed that this article talks about which countries have chemical weapons and does not go into depth about the topic as a whole I feel it could be improved with more general information about the topic. MSherman (talk) 02:41, 24 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Russian chemical weapon stock

It is worth noting that the OPCW declared the completion of the destruction of Russia's stockpile om 10th October 2017 (https://www.opcw.org/media-centre/news/2017/10/opcw-marks-completion-destruction-russian-chemical-weapons-stockpile) Acorn897 (talk) 02:20, 11 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Combining stockpile data

There's a 2018 merge proposal aiming to consolidate Chemical weapon#Countries with stockpiles with Chemical weapon proliferation. That seems reasonable. While the current section does link the proliferation page with a 'main' template, it seems that consolidating all the material in one place would be better for readers, as there is helpful material split between locations. Klbrain (talk) 06:57, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Merger complete. Klbrain (talk) 21:06, 28 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

U.S.A. Complete Destruction of CW Stockpiles

As of July 7th, 2023, the United States of America no longer declares any stockpiles of chemical agents.

Review should be given, and third-party sources should be encouraged before changes are made. However, this page is sorely out of date, and in need of attention. 殴打金 (talk) 19:36, 9 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Special note on sources: Most credible third-party bodies (United Nations, "Chemical Weapons Convention" or CWC) may be useful when assessing current declared stockpiles, but may be inadequate for 'Suspected' or 'Possible' cases.

Here are some U.S.A.-based reports, published by the Department of State:

[1] "2023 Condition (10)(C)" (abbreviated)

[2] "Adherence to and Compliance with Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Disarmament Agreements and Commitments" (Note: file is hosted as a .pdf file only on the "state.gov" site.) 殴打金 (talk) 20:59, 9 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]