Army Plans Expansion of Biological Test Site
The Army is planning to expand the nation’s leading biological and chemical defense testing site in Utah’s remote western desert to make it a training ground for counterterrorism operations.
The seven-year plan for the Dugway Proving Ground includes building a mock city for urban chemical and biological attack exercises and refitting existing facilities for use in counterterrorism training.
A permanent annex would be built for biological defense trials. Dugway is the only Army installation large and remote enough to conduct realistic testing of biological and chemical systems.
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