Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!cbnews!military From: wmartin@STL-06SIMA.ARMY.MIL (Will Martin) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Chemical warfare in the desert Message-ID: <1990Aug21.025119.1778@cbnews.att.com> Date: 21 Aug 90 02:51:19 GMT Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 15 Approved: military@att.att.com From: Will Martin One point I haven't seen mentioned in the subject discussion: I thought one of the primary decontamination techniques is to wash down and hose off the contaminated personnel, while still in their protective suits, and to so treat the vehicles before the unprotected inhabitants emerge. This takes lots of water, and is a good idea in the European theatre, where there are many lakes and streams and rivers close by. How is this going to be done in the desert? Does sandblasting take its place? The Nevada reserve group that was mentioned as being trained in desert CBW decontamination -- how do they do it? Regards, Will