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U.S. hits chemical destruction milestone WASHINGTON, March 6 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency reached a milestone with its destruction of half its stockpile of chemical munitions. The CMA is tasked with safely eliminating the U.S. supply of chemical munitions and has pursued that goal since 1990. This milestone accounts for 1.7 million munitions from the original stockpile, Army News Service reported on Tuesday. "With our teams working across the country, we are able to move forward, knowing that we will reach 100 percent destruction in a safe and environmentally sound way. We remain dedicated to eliminating the national stockpile while protecting our communities," said CMA Director Michael Parker. The current U.S. chemical stockpile includes weapons produced from World War I through 1973 when the United States built up the cache as a deterrent. The most common agents the Army made were the mustard blister agent and two nerve agents, sarin and VX. These chemical compounds are stored as liquids, although they are often employed as weapons in a gaseous form. "We've overcome many obstacles to reach this 50 percent milestone and are on the downhill slope, moving closer to the overall goal of getting rid of all of the chemical weapons in the U.S. stockpile," said Kevin Flamm, CMA program manager for elimination of chemical weapons. The U.S. Army began researching ways to safely destroy the weapons in the early 1970s, and the current effort to eliminate the stockpile began in earnest with legislation passed by Congress in 1986, Army News Service reported. +++ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/lOt0.A/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
