to add some noncredibility: did you know that soviets had this big brained plan to dispose of chemical weapons by nuking them? the idea is that chemical weapons can’t be harmful anymore if they are turned into plasma. according to some calculations it was even cost-competitive with chemical neutralization

Chemical weapons have a certain nuance an atomic bomb just can’t compete with.

obligatory https://acoup.blog/2020/03/20/collections-why-dont-we-use-chemical-weapons-anymore/