Ronald Reagan: “This and other actions to modernize our limited chemical retaliatory…”

On the recordJanuary 18, 1988

This and other actions to modernize our limited chemical retaliatory capability serve to deter the use of chemical weapons by our potential adversaries.

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Ronald Reagan

Republican · California

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Memorandum on Certification of Production Facilities for the BIGEYE Binary Chemical Bomb

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Ronald Reagan: “This and other actions to modernize our limited chemical retaliatory capability serve to deter the use of chemical…”

Editor's note · Context