PENTAGON Sometime today, the U-S Army will begin disposing of the nation's second largest chemical weapons stockpile.

The rockets will burn in a series of three special furnaces outfitted with special scrubbers and what military officials describe as a state-of-the-art air filtration system. The process of incinerating a single rocket takes about 45 minutes.

The Army says that eventually, it will ramp up significantly -- to about 30 rockets an hour.

The Army has held several public information sessions in surrounding communities. It distributed tone-alert radios and activated a regional siren system.