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It’s been more than three months since history was made at the Blue Grass Army Depot. The last nerve agent rocket among the more than 500 tons of chemical weapons stored in Madison County was destroyed. Officials said a full celebration would come this fall. And so, it did Wednesday.
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RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) — The United States has destroyed the last of its declared chemical weapons stockpile, a milestone in the history of warfare dating back to World War I. The White House on Friday said workers at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky eliminated the last of thousands of rockets filled with sarin nerve gas that have been stored there since the 1940s.
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Destruction of mustard agent stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot has begun. The announcement came Wednesday during a quarterly meeting of two citizen…
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Officials with the U.S. Army and the contractor responsible for destroying chemical weapons stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot are sounding the “go…
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The destruction of chemical weapons stored in Kentucky since the 1940s is set to begin.The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that destruction of chemical…
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Another quarterly meeting of two community based groups monitoring plans for destroying thousands of chemical munitions at the Blue Grass Army Depot will…
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Officials at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Richmond, Wednesday, staged a simulated chemical accident. It’s part of the annual exercise which involves…
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Discussions are underway regarding proposed changes in the process of disposing chemical weapons at the Blue Grass Army Depot.The contractor is suggesting…
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says a Russian diplomatic proposal that would secure and eventually destroy the Syrian chemical weapons stockpile…