[Peach]

Guy on FNC saying terrorists may have just gone to a stockpile and pulled something out, not knowing it had Sarin gas in it.

What's the possibility of that happening? Does Sarin gas sit mixed and ready to use for lengthy period of a time?

[epluribus_2]

11:00AM: The market continues to pare its losses, with the Dow and Nasdaq trading within only a short reach of their best levels of the morning... The timing of the improvement in the market's standing off its earlier lows coincided with the announcement that the U.S. Military has found Sarin nerve agent in Iraq, as well as some technical considerations... Specifically, the S&P 500 staged a successful test of its 200-day simple moving average (at 1080), inciting buying efforts...

[eastforker]

Hey peach, the artillery shells have two chemicals in differant bladders, they do not mix and make sarin gas untill the thrust of the shell going down range causes them to combine.These shell were blown in place so the mixing was not complete, just partial.

[TomGuy]

Does Sarin gas sit mixed and ready to use for lengthy period of a time?

The 'shell' contains 2 elements, which while separated, are inert. When the shell explodes, the 2 elements mix and become lethal.

I would guess, in their inert stage, they would have a long shelf-life.

[Drammach]

Unitary, or "mixed" SARIN gas warheads have a general shelf life of approx. 6 years..

However, Binary, or containerized seperate component SARIN or VX type warheads can be stored indefinitely..
That is to say, a SARIN binary warhead created in the 1950's would still be good today..