Plans for Nonstockpile Chemical Warfare Material Can be Improved.

Abstract

This GAO report analyzes the Department of the Army's disposal program for chemical ordnance, materiel, and facilities that are not specifically included in the U.S. stockpile of unitary chemical weapons. These items are referred to as nonstockpile chemical warfare materiel and consist of binary chemical weapons, miscellaneous chemical warfare materiel, recovered chemical weapons, former chemical weapon production facilities, and buried chemical warfare materiel. The Army Chemical Demilitarization and Remediation Activity is responsible for the destruction of certain chemical warfare agents which will bring the U.S. into compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention. The Army is currently engaged in this process, but certain unknown factors including cost analysis have so far prevented its full implementation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA289516

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Warfare
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Chemical Weapons
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Emergency Response
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Environmental Restoration And Remediation
  • Explosives
  • High Explosive Ammunition
  • Law
  • Local Governments
  • Munitions
  • National Security
  • Projectiles
  • United States

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  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Environmental Engineering.