The last VX rocket 11-17-03
Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility workers load the final VX agent-filled M55 Rocket onto the processing line for destruction on Nov. 17, 2003.
The last VX rocket 11-17-03
Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility workers load the final VX agent-filled M55 Rocket onto the processing line for destruction on Nov. 17, 2003.
Submission of initial declaration by Libya
A high-level delegation representing the Libyan Government submitting a complete initial declaration of all chemical weapons, chemical weapons production capacity and relevant, declarable commercial industrial activity to OPCW Director-General. The Hague, 5 March 2004.
Shchuchye chemical weapons destruction facility
This is an artist's conception of the facility planned for constructed at Shchuch'ye, Russia for the elimination of 32,000 metric tons of Russian nerve agent-filled munitions. The U.S., through the Cooperative Threat Reduction program, is providing design and construction assistance. Once completed this facility will be capable of eliminating over 500 metric tons of agent per year.
Scrubber Towers
Former chemical weapons production facility destruction at Newport Chemical Depot, Ind. On June 22, 2004, the Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Program (NSCMP) dismantled two 134-foot cylindrical scrubber towers formerly used during the production of the nerve agent VX at Newport Chemical Depot, Ind. NSCMP destroyed the towers in accordance with an international treaty requiring the destruction of former chemical weapon production facilities by April 2007.
Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System (JACADS)
Down comes the ceiling of the explosion containment room.
JACADS: Decontaminated chemical bomb casings
JACADS: Decontaminated chemical bomb casings waiting to be shipped off-island as scrap metal.
JACADS plantChemical weapons destruction facility in the U.S.
Chemical weapons destruction facility in the U.S.
In 1998, the U.S. Army Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Project (NSCMP) recycled the empty munition bodies of BLU-80/B Bigeye Bombs stored at Pine Bluff Arsenal, Ark.
In 1998, the U.S. Army Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Project (NSCMP) recycled the empty munition bodies of BLU-80/B Bigeye Bombs stored at Pine Bluff Arsenal, Ark.
Destruction facility at Newport Chemical Depot
Former chemical weapons production facility destruction at Newport Chemical Depot, Ind. Destruction of the former chemical weapons production facility at Newport Chemical Depot, Ind. is mandated by the Chemical Weapons Convention, an international treaty.
Container containing VX agent-filled rockets
An on-site container containing VX agent-filled M55 Rockets are sealed before being pulled by a truck a short distance to the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility.
An on-site container containing VX agent-filled M55 Rockets will be sealed before being pulled by a truck a short distance to the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility.
An on-site container containing VX agent-filled M55 Rockets will be sealed before being pulled by a truck a short distance to the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility.
A tray of empty projectile casings coming out of the metal parts furnace
Projectile casings were decontaminated according to exacting standards at Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (JACADS). Each phase of the destruction process at JACADS and all facilities is designed to ensure optimal protection of the environment, the community and the work force.
