Feb 14, 2015 21:00:00

'CWMDS' where you can see where military chemical weapons were dumped into the sea on Google Maps

As is clear from

the accusations that the US military dumped chemical weapons off the coast of Okinawa in 2013, chemical weapons manufactured during the war have been dumped in the seas around the world. ' Chemical Weapon Munitions Dumped at Sea (CWMDS) ' shows the locations of such chemical weapons sleeping in the seas around the world on Google Maps with more detailed information.

Chemical Weapon Munitions Dumped at Sea
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=z11IVBOIyXAE.k3s-8khGniII

Chemical Weapon Munitions Dumped at Sea: An Interactive Map | James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
https://nonproliferation.org/chemical-weapon-munitions-dumped-at-sea/

This is Chemical Weapon Munitions Dumped at Sea (CWMDS). The 'skull and crossbones' on Google Maps indicate where chemical weapons were dumped into the ocean.

It can be seen that many military chemical weapons were dumped in the sea around Europe.

For example, if you click on the skull mark in the North Sea, England ...

In this way, information about the abandoned chemical weapons is displayed.

Apparently it was dumped by the American 'James W. Nesmith' in 1946. If you click the URL link of the information source below the description ...

The page about '

James W. Nesmith ' on uboat.net has opened. The James W. Nesmith sank off the North Sea in June 1946. It is said that the loaded chemical weapons were dumped into the ocean.

If you look at the Eurasian continent, you will notice that there are few skull and crossbones in the sea around Russia and China. It is known that the Soviet Union, along with the United States, Britain, Germany, and France, produced a large amount of military chemical weapons in the 20th century, but it does not appear on the CWMDS map due to lack of information about the Soviet Union. It is estimated that the amount of chemical weapons outflow from the Soviet Union to the ocean is about 40% to 50% of the world total.

The area around Japan looks like this. It seems that more chemical weapons are sleeping in the sea around Japan than I imagined.

What a skull and crossbones on the coast of Chiba prefecture. Click it ...

With this kind of feeling, information on chemical weapons suspected of being involved in the former Japanese army came out. With sources such as papers and literature listed, CWMDS seems to be of great help in deeper study of the details.

CWMDS is provided by CNS , a non-governmental organization based in the United States. It is CNS's policy to provide information and analysis on weapons as appropriate to stop the spread of nuclear and weapons of mass destruction, and hopes that CWMDS will gather information on chemical weapons dumped in the ocean. It is about.