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The Umatilla Chemical Depot (UMCD), based in Umatilla, Oregon, was a U.S. Army installation in the United States that stored chemical weapons. The chemical weapons originally stored at the depot consisted of various live munitions and storage containers each holding 1 short ton (2,000 lb; 910 kg) GB or VX nerve agents or HD blister agent. All ...
This category consists of active and defunct U.S. military bases charged with storage of the nation's chemical weapons stockpile. An overview of the topic is in the Chemical weapons section of the United States and weapons of mass destruction.
Ordnance is a ghost town in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States, southwest of Hermiston on Interstate 84/U.S. Route 30, near the intersection with Interstate 82.In 1941, the United States Department of War commissioned the establishment of Umatilla Ordnance Depot in northern Umatilla County; [1] it was later renamed Umatilla Army Depot and then Umatilla Chemical Depot.
This category is for all current and historic military facilities located in the State of Oregon. ... Portland Air National Guard Base; U. Umatilla Chemical Depot
An M55 rocket being disassembled at Umatilla Chemical Depot The M55 rocket was a chemical weapon developed by the United States in the 1950s. The United States Army produced both Sarin and VX unitary warheads for the M55.
Military bases and the neighborhoods surrounding them often seem like the ultimate refuge of middle- American values. Run with military efficiency and discipline, the well-trimmed yards, cleanly ...
The milestone was reached in July, when workers destroyed the last rockets filled with chemical nerve agent that had been stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot near Richmond. It completed a ...
Mission accomplished: Pueblo Chemical Depot destroys final munition. The U.S. Army recently announced that all of its chemical weapon stockpile has been destroyed, but the depot will remain open ...