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| Chemical depot destroys chemical agent |
| 2004-10-19 |
| The Umatilla Chemical Depot began destroying liquid nerve agent over the weekend, officials said Monday. Nearly 560 gallons of the nerve gas known as GB agent were incinerated over 11 hours on Sunday, said Don Barclay, project manager. The depot began destroying rockets carrying the nerve gas last month, but the liquid nerve agent was stored until plant operators had a minimum of 500 gallons. "The beginning of agent feed to the liquid incinerator is a major milestone," said Doug Hamrick, general manager of the disposal facility. "It represents the final destruction step of the agent from the rockets previously destroyed in the deactivation furnace." The depot has about 12 percent of the nerve and mustard gas weapons in the United States' stockpile and is under treaty obligation to destroy them. The process is expected to take about six years. Good riddance and about time. GB is non-persistant nerve agent and terribly dangerous compared to binary chemical weapons. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #7 The bad thing about not destroying stocks in a timely manner is that the containers could continue to deteriorate, posing a greater hazard. Look at the still continuing nightmare of unexploded WW1 ordinance found in France when a plow digs one up. The moonbats want 100% assurance that everything will go ok, but will not allow transport, storage, or a destruction facility anywhere, a la NIMBY. Therefore you will never have a solution to the problem. The problem is really how to deal with moonbats and defeat them so we can apply our best technology and efforts into neutralizing these chemical agents. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-10-19 8:50:13 PM |
| #6 It goes without saying the nut jobs who impeeded the total distruction of this meanace have a special ring in hell reserved for them. I often wonder why when given the chance we just don't slap these dipshit silly to wake them up. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-10-19 8:41:03 PM |
| #5 Now contemplate the dimwits who have consistently prevented the destruction of stockpiles of chemical agents in the US. Whimpering over the possibility of leakege from incinerators thye have held up destruction of stockpiles for decades. The Bluegrass Army Depot had scheduled to build an incinerator to destroy stockpiles of nerve agents in KY. It should have been done and finished with the job by now. Instead, with the help of various anti-gov agencies, the destruction has been held up and we are now SEARCHING for a method of ridding ourselves of this hazard. Congratulations to the roadblocks, you have left enormous stockpiles of agents in places where (in theory) they remain a danger to YOUR OWN D@&% COMMUNITIES! Appreciate that. |
| Posted by: Jame Retief 2004-10-19 1:38:28 PM |
| #4 I think there is a special place in hell for the people who thought this crap up and for the assholes who could contemplate using it. If you think nerve agent and mustard gas is terrible, just think of the bioweapons that the Soviets engineered. Way beyond anything the U.S. ever contrived. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-10-19 1:21:56 PM |
| #3 I think there is a special place in hell for the people who thought this crap up and for the assholes who could contemplate using it. Not condoning anything, but you are looking at this with a current mindset as opposed to say, somebody from the 1950s and 60s, who looked at the Fulda Gap and had to plan a response. At one point this stuff was considered an alternative to battlefield nukes. A lot of blood and treasure was expended in the shadows to keep this horrible stuff from being used. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2004-10-19 12:37:44 PM |
| #2 I agree SPOD, |
| Posted by: smokeysinse 2004-10-19 10:51:17 AM |
| #1 I think there is a special place in hell for the people who thought this crap up and for the assholes who could contemplate using it. Bug spray for people, sicko shit. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-10-19 2:24:00 AM |