Army Plans to Begin Destroying VX Nerve Gas at Ind. Site in About 2 Months

[NNN0LHI]

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAIKDDEISD.html

CLINTON, Ind. (AP) - The Army said Wednesday that it plans to begin destroying VX nerve agent at the Newport Chemical Depot in about two months.
Destruction will begin even if plans to ship the waste byproduct to New Jersey for final treatment and disposal fall through, said Col. Jesse Barber, a project manager for the Army Chemical Materials Agency.

If those plans fall through, the Army could store hydrolysate - the caustic byproduct from the neutralized VX - in tanks at the western Indiana site, he said. snip

The Army plans to begin neutralizing the VX at Newport by mixing it with hot water and sodium hydroxide. The resulting chemical would be hydrolysate, which scientists compare to liquid drain cleaner.

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[Eye and Monkey]

1. "disposal fall through" - as in "fall through the cracks"?

Yes, AP typo, I'm sure.

[GordonOKC]

2. I suspect

that VX gas will be conviently discovered in Iraq in a couple of months.
:nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke: