Last Chemical Weapon Destroyed at Blue Grass Army Depot
The last chemical weapon in the declared U.S. chemical stockpile, an M55 rocket containing GB nerve agent, was destroyed at the Blue Grass Army Depot, or BGAD, July 7, 2023.
The last chemical weapon in the declared U.S. chemical stockpile, an M55 rocket containing GB nerve agent, was destroyed at the Blue Grass Army Depot, or BGAD, July 7, 2023.
Workers at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant destroyed the final munition in the stockpile of obsolete chemical weapons stored at the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot.
Workforce members observed another chemical weapons destruction milestone at the Blue Grass plant May 2, with the destruction of 75% of the GB nerve agent rockets.
With the destruction of the last VX nerve agent rocket motors from the Blue Grass plant on April 12, the Anniston Field Office in Alabama helped take another step in the safe elimination of the nation’s last chemical weapons components.
The Pueblo plant received approval from state regulators in April to destroy 4.2-inch mortar rounds filled with HD mustard agent in the main plant.
The Pueblo plant workforce safely destroyed the final 4.2-inch mortar rounds filled with HT mustard agent on March 30, leaving 4.2-inch HD mortar rounds as the last munition category requiring elimination at the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot in Colorado.
Blue Grass plant workers destroyed 75% of the chemical agent originally stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot as of Feb. 24, 2023.
Skilled technicians at the Blue Grass plant achieved another key chemical weapons destruction mark Feb. 17 when they reached 50% of the GB nerve agent rockets destroyed.
The Pueblo plant team has safely destroyed more than 90% of the original stockpile of mustard agent-filled munitions stored at the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot as of Nov. 25.
The Blue Grass team destroyed 50% of the chemical agent originally stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot as of Sept. 9.