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Archive Home > 2009 > August > 23 > Deadly chemical weapons cache to be destroyed, but going’s slow

Deadly chemical weapons cache to be destroyed, but going’s slow

International law says the weapons must be destroyed by 2012, but the Pentagon says 2021, even as WWII-era munitions and storage degrade

By Bob Drogin / The Bulletin
August 23, 2009

RICHMOND, Ky. " Behind armed guards in bulletproof booths deep in the Kentucky woods, workers have begun pouring the foundations for a $3 billion complex designed to destroy America's last stockpile of deadly chemical weapons.

The aging arsenal at the Blue Grass Army Depot contains 523 tons....

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