![]() ![]() In southern Colorado, workers at the Army Pueblo Chemical Depot started destroying the weapons in 2016, and on June 22 completed their mission of neutralizing an entire cache of about 2,600 tons of mustard blister agent. Despite their use being subsequently banned by the Geneva Convention, countries continued to stockpile the weapons until the treaty calling for their destruction. We’re finishing it for good for the United States of America," said Kim Jackson, manager of the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant.Ĭhemical weapons were first used in modern warfare in World War I, where they were estimated have killed at least 100,000. “One thing that we’re really proud of is how we’re finishing the mission. is officially underscoring that these types of weapons are no longer acceptable in the battlefield and sending a message to the handful of countries that haven't joined the agreement, military experts say. The munitions being destroyed in Kentucky are the last of 51,000 M55 rockets with GB nerve agent - a deadly toxin also known as sarin - that have been stored at the depot since the 1940s.īy destroying the munitions, the U.S. ![]() ![]() 30 deadline to eliminate its remaining chemical weapons under the international Chemical Weapons Convention, which took effect in 1997 and was joined by 193 countries. It's also a defining moment for arms control efforts worldwide. The weapons' destruction is a major watershed for Richmond, Kentucky and Pueblo, Colorado, where an Army depot destroyed the last of its chemical agents last month. ![]() All weapons stored at the facility were destroyed more than a decade ago and the base was closed shortly afterward. The Umatilla Chemical Weapons Depot is pictured on Wednesday, Jan. ![]()
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