Three Leaking Mustard Gas Shells Isolated At Pueblo Chemical Depot

[Purveyor]

A mustard gas leak discovered in early July at a storage facility for aging chemical weapons was cleaned up last week, the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot announced in a Monday news release.

Chemical crews transferred three leaking 155 mm steel shells into containers and moved them to a storage facility approved for over-packed, leaking munitions. The wine-bottle shaped shells are vulnerable to pressure changes that can cause them to leak.

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The Pueblo Chemical Depot is a complex of almost 100 underground igloos where a massive cache of World War II era chemical weapons from the Rocky Mountain Arsenal are stored until they can be destroyed, as required by the international Chemical Weapons Convention.

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[Blue_Tires]

1. At least someone was minding the store this time

and we didn't have another PEPCON

[GeorgeGist]

2. According to Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_Weapons_Convention#Timeline_of_destruction
Reduction Phases
Phase % Reduction Deadline Notes
I 1% April 2000
II 20% April 2002 Complete destruction of empty munitions, precursor chemicals,
filling equipment and weapons systems
III 45% April 2004
IV 100% April 2007 No extensions permitted past April 2012

To fact check I went to the US government Chemical Weapons Convention Website and met with ... http://www.cwc.gov/

Very curious. Googles last cache is from Aug 20, 2013 at 17:50 GMT.http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:U8rBwGPHt2gJ:www.cwc.gov/+united+states+chemical+weapons+website&cd=6&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

[kestrel91316]

3. 100 year old technology just sitting around waiting to kill thousands, and we can't find a way

to destroy them????????????????

[Scootaloo]

4. Destroying them costs money

Money best-spent on purchasing arms and equipment from Boeing and Mattel.
Arms and equipment that the military has stated it doesn't want and won't likely ever use.