Assessments of the Five Commodity Areas

Summary observations and issues of importance to naval forces within each of the five commodity areas are offered in this section to help underpin the recommendations that have been discussed so far in this chapter. (Appendix C offers a more complete discussion of these areas.) 

Modem chemical warfare (CW) agents are produced as solids, vapors, or liquids, depending on the application. Liquids can be volatile, such as sarin (GB), which converts to vapor form quickly, or nonvolatile, such as the nerve agent VX 

Actions for the Navy to consider in the area of chemical point detection include these  

At least six approaches are being used for the detection and identification of biological agents  

Binding affinity and specificity using natural antibodies to target antigens, 

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