Perennial talks of the "Russian threat" have prompted peaceful Swedes into war preparations unmatched in decades. In the course of 2017, thousands of shelters are to be checked across the Nordic country, which has effectively avoided wars for over two centuries.

Department of Defense spokesman Jeff Davis claims that US military forces stationed in South Korea are fully prepared if North Korea uses chemical weapons in a potential attack like the VX nerve agent.

The White House has agreed to pay over $2 billion in disability benefits to veterans who were exposed to contaminated drinking water while stationed at North Carolina’s Camp Lejeune Marine Corps base.
 

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Veysi Kaynak said that meteorologists and emergency situatuions experts were considering the possibility of the toxic cloud spreading into the country’s southeastern Hakkari Province. A fire set by Daesh terrorists at the plant also sent toxic fumes across the area with the wind rapidly carrying the toxic smoke to other parts of the country as well as toward Turkey.