Aberdeen Empties Chemical Weapons Stockpile

Workers at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland last week removed the final bulk container of mustard agent from storage for destruction, the U.S. Army announced in a press release (see GSN, Jan. 11).

The facility is the first U.S. Army stockpile site in the continental United States to empty its chemical weapons storage area, according to the Army (U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency release, Feb. 4).

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