Friday, February 6, 2015

US To Destroy Its Largest Remaining Stockpile Of Chemical Weapons



Daily Mail: Inside the 36-acre bunker where technicians will destroy 780,000 shells and 2,600 tons of mustard gas as America's largest stockpile of chemical weapons is scrapped

* Pueblo Chemical Depot in Colorado has largest chemical stock since WW2
* They were meant to destroy everything by 1997, they are starting in March
* 36-square-acre plant has 2,600 tons of aging mustard agent that is leaking
* Ammunition will be placed in sealed steel containers and exploded

More News On The US Preparing To Destroy Its Largest Remaining Stockpile Of Chemical Weapons

Inside the Bunkers Where the US Will Obliterate Its Chemical Weapons -- Gizmodo
U.S. to destroy largest remaining chemical weapons cache -- USA Today
US set to begin destroying its largest remaining cache of chemical weapons at Colorado depot -- FOX News
U.S. To Begin Destroying Largest Remaining Stockpile of Chemical Weapons Cache -- AP
Large cache of US chemical weapons to be destroyed -- BBC
U.S. Pueblo Chemical Depot to Begin Destroying Weapons Stockpile -- NBC
US Prepares to Destroy Mustard Gas Stockpile — And 5 More Facts About Its History -- Chem Info

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