Nerve agents like VX are chemically similar to pesticides, although far stronger. It was first developed in the UK in the 1950s as a chemical warfare agent. Experts say it has been replicated in ...

VX gas is a terrifying nerve agent developed specifically to be used in chemical warfare. Here's everything you need to know about the "extremely toxic" compound which was allegedly used in the ...

151; -- The fast-acting poison used in the apparent assassination of Kim Jong Nam at a crowded airport terminal in Malaysia last week was the banned chemical weapon VX nerve agent, according to ...

But on Friday, Malaysian authorities revealed that an autopsy had turned up not just any poison, but a rare nerve agent known as VX. VX is among the deadliest chemical weapons ever devised.

(CNN) -- Malaysian police have revealed the substance that killed Kim Jong Nam was a highly toxic nerve agent more commonly used in warfare. VX nerve gas was first developed in the UK in the 1950s ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- The U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency marked the destruction of all VX nerve agent munitions at its destruction sites on Wed., Dec. 24, 2008. This milestone ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Army News Service, Jan. 6, 2009) - Headquarters for the Army Chemical Materials Agency here marked the destruction of all VX nerve agent munitions at its destruction ...

Novichok is reportedly 5 to 8 times more toxic than VX, which is the chemical that was used to kill the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un last year. Making the nerve agent harder to ...

The chemical substance used to kill Kim Jong Nam was a VX nerve agent, an internationally-banned chemical weapon that can kill within minutes, according to a preliminary report by the Chemistry ...