BLUE GRASS ARMY DEPOT, Ky. – The last 155mm projectiles containing mustard agent were destroyed in the Static Detonation Chamber at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant.
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BLUE GRASS ARMY DEPOT, Ky. – The first M55 rockets containing VX nerve agent were destroyed at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) July 9.
BLUE GRASS ARMY DEPOT, Ky. – The Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) team destroyed the last of the 155mm projectiles containing VX nerve agent May 28.
RICHMOND, Ky. – On April 25, the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) team reached a significant milestone in the destruction of 25% of the original 523 U.S. tons of chemical agent stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot (BGAD).
RICHMOND, Ky. – The first munitions containing VX nerve agent were destroyed at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant.
RICHMOND, Ky. – The Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) destroyed all 8-inch projectiles containing GB nerve agent May 11. This marks the completion of the first munitions campaign for the project.
RICHMOND, Ky. – Full-scale chemical agent destruction operations at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) on the Blue Grass Army Depot (BGAD) began Jan. 17 with the destruction of the first 8-inch projectile containing GB nerve agent in the main plant.
RICHMOND, Ky. – The Blue Grass Army Depot commander signed a document verifying no significant impact to the environment is anticipated from an action proposed to augment processing capability at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, or BGCAPP, July 1.
RICHMOND, Ky. – Officials confirmed during a public meeting today that successful destruction of the first mustard agent-filled munition occurred June 7 in a facility built to destroy part of the obsolete U.S. chemical weapons stockpile stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Richmond, Kentucky.
RICHMOND, Ky. – The Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) held a public event May 29 at the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Richmond to commemorate the start of chemical agent destruction operations in Kentucky.