Crest of the U.S. Army Chemical School (Image from Wikimedia)From USA Today:
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon plans to speed the destruction of its aging chemical weapons by more than three years with a $1.2 billion acceleration of construction at two new disposal plants, budget documents show.
The proposal represents a 60% increase in projected spending through 2015 to build the plants at the Pueblo (Colo.) Chemical Depot and the Blue Grass (Ky.) Army Depot, totaling more than $3.2 billion over that period, according to the documents, obtained by USA TODAY. Those plants will be the last of the six remaining stockpile sites nationwide to complete their disposal work — and the only ones in that group to use chemical neutralization instead of incinerators.
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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon plans to speed the destruction of its aging chemical weapons by more than three years with a $1.2 billion acceleration of construction at two new disposal plants, budget documents show.
The proposal represents a 60% increase in projected spending through 2015 to build the plants at the Pueblo (Colo.) Chemical Depot and the Blue Grass (Ky.) Army Depot, totaling more than $3.2 billion over that period, according to the documents, obtained by USA TODAY. Those plants will be the last of the six remaining stockpile sites nationwide to complete their disposal work — and the only ones in that group to use chemical neutralization instead of incinerators.
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The proposal represents a 60% increase in projected spending through 2015 to build the plants at the Pueblo (Colo.) Chemical Depot and the Blue Grass (Ky.) Army Depot, totaling more than $3.2 billion over that period, according to the documents, obtained by USA TODAY. Those plants will be the last of the six remaining stockpile sites nationwide to complete their disposal work — and the only ones in that group to use chemical neutralization instead of incinerators.
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U.S. speeds chemical weapons destruction -- UPI
Pentagon Boosts Funding for Chemical Weapons Disposal -- Global Security Newswire
Moving like molasses on chemical weapons cache -- Denver Post editorial
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U.S. speeds chemical weapons destruction -- UPI
Pentagon Boosts Funding for Chemical Weapons Disposal -- Global Security Newswire
Moving like molasses on chemical weapons cache -- Denver Post editorial