What if;
1. Tabun was discovered in 1899. Its discovery is not kept secret
2. The USSR discovers VX in 1936
3. France discovers VX in 1936
Each scenario is separate from each other.
I suppose I will justify why this isnt ASB.
First. Tabun. Look at Schraders work and one thing seems apparent. Even though I am no chemist.
All the materials for the preparation of tabun predate WWI. The process is quite simple. Pure luck on the part of any chemist could have found tabun much earlier..
VX. If we say that tabun did not need a 1930s discovery date. Maybe either the French or Soviets get lucky with the discovery in the 1920s of tabun.
VX. And sarin. They are harder to discover than tabun. However, discovering tabun sets you down the path.
VX (reference patent US 3,911,059 by the US army) requires two items that I think also need to be discovered. N,N-diisopropylaminoethanol (reference patent 1,282,202 by the French ministry of the army) and dichloromethylphosphine. Sarin requires 1 item for its preparation, methylphosphonic dichloride. However, if tabin were discovered. It would set the clock for discovery of sarin and VX. Also. The VX preparation is more complex than sarin or tabun seemingly.
My main question is how does the first scenario affect WWI. How do the last two scenarios taken separately potentially affect WWII.
I think that Stalin would have used VX during Barbarossa had he had it. He would have been mad not too. I wonder if it could have thwarted the Nazis much sooner than Moscow?
WWI. Likewise I could see tabun being actually used. And in truth its use might actually break the deadlock of war?
1. Tabun was discovered in 1899. Its discovery is not kept secret
2. The USSR discovers VX in 1936
3. France discovers VX in 1936
Each scenario is separate from each other.
I suppose I will justify why this isnt ASB.
First. Tabun. Look at Schraders work and one thing seems apparent. Even though I am no chemist.
All the materials for the preparation of tabun predate WWI. The process is quite simple. Pure luck on the part of any chemist could have found tabun much earlier..
VX. If we say that tabun did not need a 1930s discovery date. Maybe either the French or Soviets get lucky with the discovery in the 1920s of tabun.
VX. And sarin. They are harder to discover than tabun. However, discovering tabun sets you down the path.
VX (reference patent US 3,911,059 by the US army) requires two items that I think also need to be discovered. N,N-diisopropylaminoethanol (reference patent 1,282,202 by the French ministry of the army) and dichloromethylphosphine. Sarin requires 1 item for its preparation, methylphosphonic dichloride. However, if tabin were discovered. It would set the clock for discovery of sarin and VX. Also. The VX preparation is more complex than sarin or tabun seemingly.
My main question is how does the first scenario affect WWI. How do the last two scenarios taken separately potentially affect WWII.
I think that Stalin would have used VX during Barbarossa had he had it. He would have been mad not too. I wonder if it could have thwarted the Nazis much sooner than Moscow?
WWI. Likewise I could see tabun being actually used. And in truth its use might actually break the deadlock of war?