Destruction of the U.S. chemical weapons stockpile located in two states has reached the 75% completion mark, with a combined total of more than 2,352 U.S. tons of chemical agent destroyed as of Jan. 14, 2022.
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Fifty percent of all VX nerve agent in the stockpile of chemical weapons stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot has been destroyed as of Nov. 14.
The first of two phases of trial burn testing began at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Static Detonation Chamber complex Oct. 28.
Static Detonation Chamber teams at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant will begin the first phase of detonation testing in late October or early November.
More than 500,000 projectiles have been destroyed at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant as of Sept. 27.
The Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant has destroyed more than half of the 105mm projectiles stored at the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot as of Sept. 15.
The last 155mm projectiles containing mustard agent were destroyed in the Static Detonation Chamber at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) Sept. 4.
More than 2,000 tons of mustard agent has been destroyed at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant as of Aug. 13.
The first M55 rockets containing VX nerve agent were destroyed at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) July 9.
As of June 30, 75% percent of the mustard agent stored at the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot had been safely destroyed by the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant team.