Colorado loses bid to enforce deadline for weapons destruction at Army depotDENVER — A federal judge has rejected a request from Colorado health officials to set an enforceable deadline for destroying chemical weapons stored at an Army facility outside Pueblo. EPA: Chemical weapons disposal plant properly closedHONOLULU — An Army chemical weapons disposal plant that handled nerve gas and other deadly agents has been properly cleaned and closed, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday. Possible mustard agent leak detected at chemical weapons depot in ColoradoPUEBLO, Colo. — The Army says a low level of mustard agent has been detected in a building storing chemical weapons at the Pueblo Chemical Depot. Judge dismisses environmental suit over Army’s plan to incinerate chemical weapon stockpilesWASHINGTON — The Army on Wednesday won a court challenge to its plan to incinerate chemical weapons at storage sites around the country over objections from a watchdog group that says the practice releases toxic pollution. Army Corps finds World War I mustard agent during DC munitions dig, halts excavationWASHINGTON — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is halting its search for World War I-era chemical weapons in a Washington, D.C., neighborhood after workers found an open glass flask containing traces of the chemical agent mustard. US boosts defense of Hawaii to counter reported threat of North Korean missile testSEOUL, South Korea — The United States says it has deployed anti-missile defenses around Hawaii, following reports that North Korea is preparing to fire its most advanced ballistic missile in that direction to coincide with the U.S. Independence Day holiday next month. Analysts: NKorea’s chemical weapons as threatening as nuclear arsenalSEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’s massive stockpile of chemical weapons is as threatening as its nuclear program, analysts said Thursday, highlighting an aspect of the secretive regime’s pursuit of weapons of mass destruction that is rarely talked about. North Korea reportedly plans to fire long-range missile toward Hawaii in early JulySEOUL, South Korea — North Korea may fire a long-range ballistic missile toward Hawaii in early July, a Japanese news report said Thursday, as Russia and China urged the regime to return to international disarmament talks on its rogue nuclear program. US, Russian officials hail opening of chemical weapons destruction plantSHCHUCHYE, Russia — Rising out of the rolling fields and tree-lined country roads of southern Siberia is a complex of hulking metal buildings, piping and high-security fencing. |
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