[HarryCaul]

I'd also suspect that a high-wind sandstorm would make most chemical weapons totally useless.

The chemicals would disperse in record time.

[Otta B Sleepin]

I'd also suspect that a high-wind sandstorm would make most chemical weapons totally useless.

Great point!

[76834]

Right, might even blow it back into their own faces.....

[azGOPgal]

I've seen reports that the desert conditions in Iraq are the best places to use chem weapons. The heat and the wind helps to spread them.