Pacific
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mustard gas free now
THE Pacific is officially
mustard gas free now that the last of a vast stock
pile of blister-agent
weapons have been destroyed on Johnston Atoll.
The Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System (J AC ADS) is preparing to close next year and in a statement last month they said they had completed the destruction of the 43,660 4.2” blister-agent filled mortars and the 46 105 mm blister agent filled projectiles.
This pile of weapons included 109 rounds of mustard gas originally left on Guadalcanal at the end of World War 11. The JACADS facility has been operating since June 1990.
In addition to Johnston Island, there are eight continental U.S. chemical stockpile locations: Utah, Oregon, Indiana, Maryland, Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Colorado. ■