The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons amended the Annex on Chemicals by introducing a new class of nerve agents known as Novichoks. The OPCW’s list includes several hundred compounds, but only the “usual suspects”—specifically A230, A232 & A234—can currently be detected and identified at trace levels using field-deployable tools. However, for all other unknown compounds on the list, these devices remain “blind”, posing a risk of false-negative results. Leveraging the capabilities of the E²M/MM2 systems, it is now possible to detect all threat-relevant Novichoks in the field.
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons amended the Annex on Chemicals by introducing a new class of nerve agents known as Novichoks. The OPCW’s list includes several hundred compounds, but only the “usual suspects”—specifically A230, A232 & A234—can currently be detected and identified at trace levels using field-deployable tools. However, for all other unknown compounds on the list, these devices remain “blind”, posing a risk of false-negative results. Leveraging the capabilities of the E²M/MM2 systems, it is now possible to detect all threat-relevant Novichoks in the field.
