Leaking Chemical Weapons Found at Anniston Depot

Twenty rockets have been found in recent weeks leaking GB nerve agent vapor at the U.S. Army depot in Anniston, Ala., the U.S. Army reported this week (see GSN, May 28).

The vapor was detected during routine daily monitoring of a storage igloo, and filters were placed on the structure to prevent GB agent from escaping, the Army said Monday. There was no danger to the community or workers at the facility as a result of the incident, the Army added.

The leaking rockets were from the same lot that produced most of the 778 GB rockets previously identified as leakers at the chemical weapons incinerator.   The storage igloo containing the M55 rockets is monitored each workday, the Army said (U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency release, June 14).

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