Soviet Union doctrine

With the World War I catastrophe etched in the minds of Red Army officers, the Soviet Union embarked on an aggressive chemical weapons development program, fully integrating CW doctrine within its armed forces. 

Perhaps most importantly, the American military lack confidence in the current US stockpile. They do not feel that it equips them to match the Soviet capability nor that it is adequate to dissuade the Soviet Union from initiating CBW. This may be more a reflection of the failure fully to assimilate chemical weapons into military doctrine and tactics than a realistic appraisal of the weapons themselves it is not clear that simply introducing new systems will of itself overcome that failure, although it appears that the introduction of binaries is leading the US to develop its doctrine for CW in order to align it with current tactical thinking. In particular, deep strike operations seem to be being emphasised more. ... 

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