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The depot housed 2,613 tons (2,369 metric tons) of mustard agent in approximately 780,000 munitions, equivalent to about seven percent of the original chemical materiel stockpile of the United States. Destruction operations began at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in spring 2015 [2] with full-scale operations beginning later ...
On May 25, 2023, PCAPP received the final delivery of mortar rounds from the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot. Delivery of all munitions is complete. On June 16, 2023, the last munition, a 4.2-inch mortar round, was destroyed in the PCAPP main plant. On June 22, 2023, the last munition in the chemical weapons stockpile stored at the Pueblo ...
In 1952 Pueblo Depot Activity received its first shipment of chemical agents. These agents were trucked from Rocky Mountain Arsenal in Denver, Colorado.Upon receipt of these munitions for secure storage, PUDA became one of eight installations within the United States where chemical weapons are stored.
With 383,000 105mm shells filled with mustard agent destroyed, 89% of the stockpile kept at Pueblo has been destroyed. Work could finish in 2023. Pueblo Chemical Depot celebrates munitions ...
Local, state and national leaders gathered in Pueblo Wednesday to celebrate the end of chemical munitions destruction efforts in the Home of Heroes.
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On May 25, 2023, the final delivery of munitions from the Pueblo Chemical Depot to the PCAPP main plant was made. On June 16, 2023, the last munition, a 4.2-inch mortar round, was destroyed in this facility. On June 20, 2023, the final delivery of munitions from the Pueblo Chemical Depot was made to the Pueblo Static Detonation Chamber complex.
The United States on Friday destroyed its last declared chemical weapon at a Kentucky munitions facility, Pentagon officials confirmed Monday. The destruction of the weapon, a rocket filled with ...