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Recovered U.S. Chemical Munitions to be Destroyed
The U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency this month plans to use mobile weapons disposal technology to destroy six 75 mm mustard-filled shells found earlier this year at a Delaware seafood processing plant (see GSN, March 6). The Explosive Destruction System uses a stainless steel container to destroy chemical weapons. Munitions are sealed within the vessel, which uses an explosive charge to open the weapon and a reagent to neutralize the chemical. The Army destroyed three shells yesterday, said agency spokeswoman Karen Drewen. Up to two more could be eliminated this week, with work possibly to continue into next week (Jon Fox, Global Security Newswire, Aug. 16). The system has been used three times to neutralize World War I-era munitions found in Delaware, and has destroyed more than 500 items nationwide since 1999, the Chemical Materials Agency said in a press release. The system is now being used to eliminate 1,200 weapons items found at the Pine Bluff Arsenal in Arkansas (U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency release, Aug. 11).
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