The Department of Defense’s ‘Militarily Critical Technologies List,’ updated in February 2002, read: ” ‘When the Iraqis produced chemical munitions they appeared to adhere to a *make and use* regimen. They had to get the agent to the front promptly or have it degrade in the munition.’ Their conclusion was that the shelf life of Iraqi chemical agents was numbered in weeks, not decades.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.]
– Robin Cook, The Point of Departure, Page 215