March 1995 actions by the Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo demonstrated that the use of WMD is no longer restricted to the battlefield . Japanese authorities have determined that the Aum was working on developing the chemical nerve agents sarin and VX . The cult , which attacked Japanese civilians with sarin gas on March 20 , 1995 , also tried to mine its own uranium in Australia and to buy Russian nuclear warheads
attacked Japanese civilians with sarin gas
Tokyo subway sarin attack
International counter-terrorism activities of the CIA