Half of Blue Grass Chemical Agent Stockpile Destroyed
The Blue Grass team destroyed 50% of the chemical agent originally stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot as of Sept. 9.
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Program Milestones
Officials Recognize Chemical Weapons Destruction Milestone
Community members joined government officials and project staff in Pueblo, Colorado July 27 to recognize completion of the 105mm projectile destruction campaign. “On behalf of the entire Department of State, I want to thank you all for your dedication to meeting the September 2023 deadline for destruction of the U.S. chemical weapons stockpile,” said Mallory Stewart, Assistant Secretary
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Pueblo Plant Completes 105mm Projectile Destruction Campaign
The Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant team completed the destruction of more than 383,000 mustard agent-filled 105mm projectiles on July 20. “Thanks to the dedication of our committed team, with every munition destroyed at PCAPP we are making the Pueblo community and the nation safer,” said Walton Levi, site project manager, PCAPP. “I’m so proud
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Pueblo Plant Receives Final 105mm Projectiles for Destruction
U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot toxic materials handlers transported the final pallet of 105mm projectiles to the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant July 5. “Getting all of the 105mm projectiles successfully transferred to PCAPP brings us one step closer to end of the 105mm projectile destruction campaign,” said David Griego, chemical operations officer, PCD. “It’s
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Last Munitions Destruction Campaign Begins at Kentucky Plant
The first M55 rocket containing GB nerve agent was destroyed at the Blue Grass plant July 6.
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Entire U.S. Stockpile of VX Nerve Agent Eliminated
The last M55 rocket containing VX nerve agent was destroyed at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, or BGCAPP, April 19.
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First Agent Destroyed in Static Detonation Chamber
Operators destroyed the first 4.2-inch mortar rounds containing mustard agent using the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Static Detonation Chamber complex on Feb. 19.
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Fifty Percent of VX Nerve Agent Destroyed in Kentucky
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.
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Pueblo Static Detonation Chamber Trial Burn Testing Begins
The first of two phases of trial burn testing began at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Static Detonation Chamber complex Oct. 28.
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First Phase of Pueblo Detonation Testing to Begin
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.
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