Chemical Weapons Discovered in Clam Processing Plant

Four 75 mm weapons filled with mustard agent were discovered last month in a clam processing plant in Delaware (see GSN, Feb. 21).

U.S. Army personnel recovered one of the munitions on Feb. 24, and collected the other three on Feb. 28, according to a U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency press release.

The Army team took the weapons to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. The munitions will remain there until they are destroyed (U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency press release, March 2).

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