化学武器,是利用有毒化学物质造成敌人大量受伤或死亡的武器,是一种极具实战价值的大规模杀伤性武器。化学武器最早在战争中露面可以追溯到公元前429年。在伯罗奔尼撒战争中,围攻雅典城的斯巴达军队就曾将沥青和硫磺混合起来制成抛射物,点燃后投入敌人阵地。燃烧产生的大量二氧化硫使得守军无法招架,最终 Chemical weapons, weapons that make use of toxic chemical substances to cause a large number of wounded or dead enemies, are weapons of mass destruction that are of real combat value. The earliest appearance of chemical weapons in the war dates back to 429 BC. In the Peloponnesian War, the Spartan troops that siege the city of Athens used to blend asphalt with sulfur to make a projectile, set it on fire and put it into enemy positions. The large amount of sulfur dioxide produced by the combustion made it impossible for the defenders to parry it