Chemical Weapons

Question 1

Who was the first person to agree to use chemical weapons in war?

Answer 1

Kennedy

Question 2

What was Operation Ranch Hand?

Answer 2

Herbicides used to make VC bases easier to find and deliberately kill crops in sprayed areas so villagers couldn’t feed VC

Question 3

How much of S. Vietnam was sprayed by herbicides between 1964-70?

Answer 3

24%

Question 4

What did agent blue do?

Answer 4

Killed crops

Question 5

What did agent orange do?

Answer 5

Used to clear jungle forest

Question 6

What was the problem with herbicides being made quicker for war?

Answer 6

This produced a poison which got into waters and affected people who drank from streams. Poison stayed in crops for decades

Question 7

What on the media outraged the USA about operation ranch hand?

Answer 7

Outraged to see that herbicides caused health problems, not just killing crops

Question 8

What happened in October 1971?

Answer 8

Defence Department stopped the spraying, but damage already done