Thu, 10 Jun 2004

Army to destroy deadly nerve gas

The article says that "Residents near the Newport Chemical Depot are ready to see the VX go." You bet we are: Newport is about 45 miles west of here, and it's been a real spooky presence ever since 9/11. One drop of that stuff could ruin your whole day ... I never understood the rationale for state production and maintanence of chemical or biological weapons, especially after the advent of nukes, but they would seem to make the perfect terror weapon for those groups without the nuclear wherewithal to make a bomb. Scary stuff.

In a cavernous, pipe-filled structure known simply as the Utility Building, Army contractors are getting ready to destroy a Cold War-era concoction so lethal it could kill untold millions.

[link] [CNN]

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