Sunday, September 22, 2013

Agent orange

                               Agent orange

Agent orange is not a breed of orange fruit. It is one of the dangerous chemical weapon. The name is the combination of code names for HERBICIDE ORANGE (HO) and AGENT LNX. These are the defoliants used by US military .
It was used in Vietnam war between 1961 to 1971. Many people got killed or maimed and children born with birth defects as a result of its use.
The chemical was given the name of orange because of the colour of barrels in which it has been shipped to Vietnam.
The agent orange program's goal was to defoliate forested and rural land, depriving guerrilla soldiers of Vietnam of their support and food supply.