U.S. Meets Milestone in Chemical Weapons Stockpile Destruction

08.07.23 - US, United States - Pressenza New York

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An operator begins removing M55 rockets from a pallet before they enter the destruction process at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant. (Image by DOD)

Both U.S. President Joe Biden and, top Republican Senator Mitch McConnell said on Friday that the U.S. has destroyed the last of its declared chemical weapons stockpile of chemical weapons, completing a global effort set in 1997 to eliminate all declared lethal chemical stockpiles around the world

The United States has destroyed its last stockpile of chemical weapons, completing a global effort set in 1997 to eliminate all declared lethal chemical stockpiles around the world, top Republican Senator Mitch McConnell said Friday.#CGTNAmerica

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