| From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
| Date: | Thu, 16 Apr 2015 06:47:24 -0700 (PDT) |
| Reply: | cpeo-military |
| Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] CHEMWEAPONS: EDS begins destruction campaign at Pueblo Depot (CO) |
Muffled bang marks beginning of shell destruction at Pueblo Chemical Depot By Tom Roeder Colorado Springs Gazette April 13, 2015 PUEBLO - The beginning of the end came with a heavily muffled bang. "It's more a whumph," said Pueblo Chemical Depot worker Jonathan Miller, who helped set off the explosive charge last week to destroy the first three shells of what will be a multiyear effort to rid Colorado of nearly 800,000 mustard gas rounds. The lack of a big bang, though, didn't disappoint. Workers say after years of delays they're happy the end of the Cold War-era chemical weapon stockpile is underway. "We're working ourselves out of a job," depot worker George Roberts said with a smile. … For the entire article, see http://gazette.com/muffled-bang-marks-beginning-of-shell-destruction-at-pueblo-chemical-depot/article/1549563#qk4lRjrMHiXt6dmg.99 -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight a project of the Pacific Studies Center 278-A Hope Street Mountain View, CA 94041 Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545 Fax: 650-961-8918 LSiegel@cpeo.org http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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