Army Burning Deadly Chemical From Rockets
From Times Wire Reports
The Army began burning about 800 gallons of deadly sarin, marking the most dangerous phase of its weapons incinerator use since the process began in Anniston on Aug. 8.
The nerve agent was drained from 900 M55 rockets that have been burned since the incinerator began operating.
It was the first mass burning of sarin and completes the destruction of the rockets at the Army’s newest weapons incinerator. It also was the first time the Army has burned a large amount of nerve agent near a populated area.
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