[John H K]

One thing potentially stronger, would be poison gas. Completely 100% wrong.

But multiple large releases around a metropolitan area can kill millions.

Pure, absolute nonsense.

[PLMerite]

"Pure, absolute nonsense."

Concur. Gas could kill a goodly number of people in an enclosed area (Super Bowl, etc.), but the amount of even Nerve Gas that it would take to kill "millions" is beyond AQ.

Now, if they have Smallpox...

[roadcat]

One thing potentially stronger, would be poison gas. Completely 100% wrong.

Okay, I admit I may be wrong. But keep in mind that 19 years ago, an accidental explosion in Bhopal, India at a Union Carbide pesticides factory released poison gas and 5,000 people died that night and a half million people were injured. Today 50,000 remain disabled from their injuries. This was from one single factory, one incident.

According to federal government sources, there are 123 chemical facilities nationwide that could kill at least one million people if they were attacked by terrorists. And some of these are in major American cities and can put 8 million lives at risk.

So I may be wrong. Just repeating some of what I've read elsewhere.