U.S. Destroys Recovered Chemical Weapon

The U.S. Nonstockpile Chemical Materiel Project last week destroyed a recovered 75 mm mustard-gas munition at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware (see GSN, Jan. 6).

The munition was destroyed using the project’s Explosive Destruction System, according to a U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency press statement.

On Feb. 15, workers put explosive cutting charges on the weapon before it was placed in the destruction system. Next, the cutting charges were detonated and reagent was pumped into the EDS chamber. The weapons was heated and then allowed to cool overnight before the waste was removed from the system and packaged for disposal (U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency release, Feb. 17).

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