Cooperative Threat Reduction: Solid Rocket Motor Disposition Facility Project (D-2003-131)
Abstract
This report, which is one in a series requested by the Deputy Secretary of Defense, evaluates DoD management of the Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) solid rocket motor disposition facility project. Other reports in the series will cover additional CTR projects and DoD organizational arrangements for the CTR Program. Specific objectives of the CTR program are to destroy chemical, nuclear, and other weapons; transport, store, disable, and safeguard weapons until their destruction; and establish verifiable safeguards against proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. DoD contracted with Lockheed Martin Advanced Environmental Systems for $52.4 million to design, develop, fabricate, and test a closed burn, solid rocket motor disposition facility for the Russian Federation in April 1997. That facility was to allow Russia to eliminate 3 19 intercontinental ballistic missile canisters, 916 motor cases, and 17,494 metric tons of solid rocket propellant by December 2002. Initially, the facility was to be located in Perm, Russia, but was changed to Votkinsk (in the Udmurt Republic), Russia, in February 1998, after environmental concerns in Perm. The solid rocket motor disposition facility project required the burning of propellant from disassembled motors and disposal of the by-products created by burning. The project also included the elimination of motor cases, missile transport canisters, and launch canisters in a manner consistent with requirements of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. As of April 2003, DoD had disbursed $99.7 million to assist Russia in the disposal of solid rocket propellant and motor cases.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 11, 2003
- Accession Number
- ADA421562
Entities
Organizations
- Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense