Army begin destroying remaining GB-filled munitions

The Associated Press
June 28, 2005


The Army says its chemical weapons incinerator at the Anniston Army Depot resumed operations Monday morning.

According to facility managers, workers are now destroying GB-filled eight-inch artillery shells.

Disposal operations were temporarily stopped June first after the last of the 155 millimeter projectiles were processed. Employees spent about three weeks conducting maintenance and retooling the incinerator to process the eight-inch and 105 millimeter shells.

The Army expects to wrap up the G-B disposal campaign by the end of the year.

Since August 2003, more than 66,000 chemical weapons have been safely destroyed at the site. An international treaty sets a 2012 deadline for destruction of the country's stockpile of chemical weapons.