Umatilla CW Depot Begins Destroying Bombs

Workers at Umatilla Chemical Depot in Oregon successfully drained their first sarin-filled bombs yesterday, the Associated Press reported (See GSN, Sept. 26).

The facility has worked on destroying rockets containing nerve gas for the last several months. The GB-Agent Bomb is the second type of weapon to be processed at the facility, according to AP.

Workers yesterday drained two bombs yesterday. Roughly 2,400 bombs must be destroyed, AP reported (Associated Press/KWG, Sept. 27).

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