Cold War Sarin Rockets Are to Be Incinerated
An incinerator operator got the go-ahead from the state Environmental Quality Commission to start destroying part of the nation’s stockpile of Cold War-era chemical weapons.
Rockets loaded with the nerve agent GB sarin are scheduled to be removed from a storage igloo at the Umatilla Chemical Depot outside Hermiston beginning Wednesday and destroyed in the adjoining incinerator, U.S. Army spokeswoman Mary Binder said.
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