What sulfur mustard is * Sulfur mustard is a type of chemical warfare agent. These kinds of agents are called vesicants or blistering agents‚ because they cause blistering of the skin and mucous membranes on contact. * Sulfur mustard is also known as “mustard gas or mustard agent‚” or by the military designations H‚ HD‚ and HT. * Sulfur mustard sometimes smells like garlic‚ onions‚ or mustard and sometimes has no odor. It can be a vapor (the gaseous form of a liquid)‚ an oily-textured
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Should drones be allowed in warfare? Innocent people have been lost due to terrorist attacks. So why is the U.S. retaliating with drones unfair? Drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) are controlled by pilots. There are no people physically in the drone. Drones also have a precise aim‚ and many innocent people would be spared. Drones should be allowed during warfare. Since drones have an accurate aim‚ it would be less likely to injure or kill innocent people. Drones are not expensive to make
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“Lions led by Donkeys.” How accurate an assessment is this of the British Army on the Western Front in the First World War? Written by Alan Clark a politician in the 1960s this quotation describes the leadership of the British Military and their strategies used in the Great War. It suggests that soldiers fighting in the World War were brave and courageous as he refers to them as lions. In comparison their leaders‚ the generals were mindless and stupid like donkeys. By holding these characteristics
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The setting of the movie compared to the setting in the book makes Planet of the Apes one of the greatest satires. In the movie‚ the setting takes place on earth in the future where apes deny and are afraid of the past‚ whereas the setting in the book is on a different planet where apes are civilized and technologically advanced‚ and the humans were primitive creatures. The orangutans in the movie prevent what happened to the humans from happening to the apes. Orangutans‚ such as Zaius went to great
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How Artillery Affected World War 1 Artillery was one of the most important weapons in the First World War. The first modern state of the art artillery was invented in 1897 by a French team lead by General Deloye. The gun was called the gun of 75mm or French 75mm. This had some major improvements then older guns and became state of the art for many years. All of the artillery pieces of World War 1 were adopted from the French 75mm even improving on the ideas. The first major improvement
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The World’s Leading Nation (U.S. As a World Power) The CQ Researcher article “Drone Warfare” discusses the usage of UAVs‚ unmanned aerial vehicles or‚ more popularly known as‚ “drones”. The primary focus of the article is to illustrate how the United States government is using the drones and discusses whether or not many of the drone attacks have been legal. Since the C.I.A.‚ Central Intelligence Agency‚ has such influence over what goes on‚ they have been able to declare the drone strikes as “lawful
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Eye Deep In Hell World War I was a devastating series of battles with extraordinary casualties. It was particularly demoralizing to the average soldier and a sense of hopelessness was not uncommon. Why then were the soldiers who fought during the Great War so motivated to continue fighting? How was their motivation different from that of the soldiers during the 30 Years War? To answer these questions you must look to the individual soldier and their reasons for fighting. During the 30 Years
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LIBERTY UNIVERSITY EXEGETICAL PAPER EPHESIANS 6:10-20 A PAPER SUBMITTED TO DR. LUCAS IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COURSE NBST 652 HERMENEUTICS LIBERTY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY BY KELLY TODD LYNCHBURG‚ VIRGINIA FRIDAY‚ MARCH 9‚ 2012 CONTENTS OBSESERVATIONS 1 MAIN IDEA 3 OUTLINE 3 INTRODUCTION 4 HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTENT 5 LITERARY CONTEXT 6 CONTENT 7 The Offensive Comes From God 7 The Defensive Comes From God 7 The Battle is Vast 8 The Armor
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trust and faith in him‚ if he was a donkey the soldiers wouldn’t have listened. Source A says the Haig live “almost 30 miles away behind the trenches” it goes on to say that he never went any closer. This shows that Haig had never experienced trench warfare. This lack of experience means that he was not able to make good decisions on how to fight the war. The evidence comes from a Veteran of the trenches. As a result he may be unhappy that many of his friends had died for little or no gain. It would
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The battle of Fromelles took place on the 19th of July 1916‚ being one of the many battles on the Western Front involving the Australians during World War 1. This battle was 19 days after the start of battle of the Somme. Established upon the previous French agricultural fields of Flanders‚ the battle was considered as one of the darkest nights in Australian history‚ with the Australian diggers fatality rate numbering 5533 and death rate almost 2000. Through this essay‚ an account of the happenings
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