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WHITE PHOSPHORUS WEAPONS

● In News: Recently in news due to Russia-Ukraine war

● Ban Weapons against civilians: Weapons containing phosphorus are incendiary arms whose use against civilians is banned.

● But they can be deployed against military targets under a 1980 convention signed in Geneva.

RED PHOSPHORUS used in:
-> Producing fertilizers, pyrotechnics.
-> Matchsticks- for lighting a fire.
-> Emergency signals- help in the ignition process.

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