Kentucky chemical weapons disposal program nearing completion, as US eliminates final stockpiles

Kentucky chemical weapons disposal program nearly done as US eliminates final stockpiles

A Kentucky facility built to dispose of chemical weapons is nearing the end of its mission to destroy its 520-ton stockpile, officials said Wednesday.

Kentucky chemical weapons disposal program nearly done as US eliminates final stockpiles

By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky facility built to dispose of deadly Cold War-era chemical weapons is nearing the end of its mission to destroy its 520-ton stockpile, a milestone that will likely mark the end of chemical weapons destruction projects in the U.S., officials said Wednesday. The facility at the Blue Grass Army Depot is weeks away from eliminating the last of a stockpile of 51,000 M55 rockets with GB ne…

Kentucky chemical weapons disposal program nearly done as US eliminates final stockpiles

A state facility built to dispose of deadly Cold War-era chemical weapons is nearing the end of its mission to destroy its 520-ton stockpile.

Chemical weapons destruction nearing completion in Madison County

With the deadline a little less than 90 days away, officials from the United State Department of Defense and the Blue Grass Army Depot gathered in Richmond on Wednesday to update their progress on the dismantling and disposing of a large stock of dangerous chemical weapons.Im going to knock wood, as we always do when we talk about this. We are well ahead of meeting our schedule to meeting that timeline, said Michael Abaie the Executive Officer f…

Kentucky chemical weapons disposal facility nears completion of decades-long mission

A Kentucky facility built to dispose of deadly Cold War-era chemical weapons is nearing the end of its mission to destroy its 520-ton stockpile, a milestone that will likely mark the end of chemical weapons destruction projects in the U.S., officials said Wednesday. The facility at the Blue Grass Army Depot is weeks away from eliminating the last of a stockpile of 51,000 M55 rockets with GB nerve agent that have been stored at the depot since th…

Kentucky chemical weapons disposal program nearly done as US eliminates final stockpiles

Destruction of the Kentucky stockpile began in 2019 after decades of planning and debate over how to dispose of the deadly war weapons.