Officials in Kentucky say the nation's last stockpiles of a deadly chemical agent have been safely eliminated.
FILE - Jeff Brubaker, site manager at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant, points to a cylinder that will be used to move deadly chemical weapons from storage to a new facility where they will be destroyed in Richmond, Ky., Oct. 27, 2015. The plant finished disposing of its VX nerve gas stockpiles on Tuesday, April 19, 2022. – The last stockpiles of a deadly chemical agent in the U.S.
Candace Coyle, the plant’s project manager, said Wednesday the nation’s entire stockpile of VX nerve agent “is now completely destroyed.” “After more than a half century of chemical weapons storage in central Kentucky, the final chapter at Blue Grass Army Depot will soon begin,” said Col. Stephen Dorris, commander of the depot in central Kentucky, where the plant is located.
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