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US finally destroying the last of its declared chemical weapons stockpile
2023-07-08
[IsraelTimes] Officials believe initiative will encourage other countries to comply with 1997 international Chemical Weapons Convention — which Israel has signed but not ratified

At a sprawling military installation in the middle of the rolling green hills of eastern Kentucky, a milestone is about to be reached in the history of warfare dating back to World War I.

Workers at the Blue Grass Army Depot are close to destroying rockets filled with GB nerve agent that are the last of the United States’ declared chemical weapons
Posted by:trailing wife

#9  /\ Yes, I'll be avoiding the Hanford Site and Ft. Detrick while traveling this Summer.
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-07-08 10:36  

#8  #6
I seem to remember FT. D. have a serious Anthrax lab leak issue during the Obama Admin?

Plus as recent as Apr 25, 2023
UN-Sterilized laboratory wastewater from the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick, Maryland, spewed out the top of a rusty 50,000-gallon outdoor holding tanks.


Plus what the CCP used to deflect the WUHAN release, that exposed Building 470
Posted by: NN2N1   2023-07-08 10:30  

#7  Couldn’t they just bury the chemicals in the water table at all military bases? Wasn’t that the plan?
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-07-08 09:18  

#6  Yes, Detrick failed their inspection by the CDC a few years ago. Perhaps deficiencies were corrected by shipping them abroad. DoD surely has plenty of off-sites to ship them to, not to mention the WIV.
Posted by: DooDahMan   2023-07-08 09:08  

#5  Fort Detrick is now safe. Nearly everything sensitive was relocated to Wuhan.
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-07-08 09:00  

#4  Kwaljein (sp?) Island is still up and running the last I remember.
Posted by: DooDahMan   2023-07-08 08:56  

#3  Has Dugway in Utah closed? It was once a center of burning off nerve gas.
Posted by: Slavising Unineting5672   2023-07-08 08:53  

#2  Still have 2 islands out in the Ocean and Pine Hill isn't 100% clean either.
Posted by: NN2N1   2023-07-08 07:27  

#1  That'll go good with the dust and bad water.
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-07-08 05:53  

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