• Rapid Fire: 2010-09-30

    Updated: 2010-09-29 23:04:02
    Top Pentagon officials defend plans to cut $100 billion in spending before the Senate Armed Services Committee; Virginia Sen. Webb says Pentagon withheld information about closure of JFCOM. Leaked letter reveals Defence Minister Fox’s opposition to UK government’s plans for deep defense cuts. China is open to restoring bilateral military relations with the US, which were suspended [...]

  • US Military Wants Long-Term Infrastructure

    Updated: 2010-09-29 17:19:12
    Water tower etc., Times Beach (click to view full) Over $130M in contracts at Tyndall AFB. (Sept 28/10) Most people never see services like wastewater management and water distribution, maintenance of the electric grid, etc. The cost is built into their taxes and utility bills, or into initial subdivision fees. Military bases have to deal with these sorts of [...]

  • LCAC Hovercraft: US Navy’s Champion Schleppers Get SLEPped

    Updated: 2010-09-29 01:57:34
    LCAC versatility (click to view full) SLEP for LCACs 63, 72 and 74.(Sept 28/10) The US military calls them Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC). They’re high-speed, fully amphibious hovercraft capable of carrying a 60-ton payload (75 tons in overload) over water and land at speeds in excess of 40 knots and a nominal range of up to 200 [...]

  • Chemical Weapons News August 18

    Updated: 2010-09-08 22:23:27
    Mustard agent detected at Blue Grass Army Depot – The Richmond Register Trace amounts of mustard vapor were found Monday inside a chemical agent storage structure or “igloo” that houses mustard agent filled artillery shells at the Blue Grass Army Depot… Russia Restricts Transparency at Major Chemical Weapons Site, Group Says – Martin Matishak – [...]

  • Chemical Weapons News Aug. 6

    Updated: 2010-09-08 22:23:26
    India Draws Up Guidelines to Manage Chemical Attacks – Global Security Newswire India yesterday released guidelines that would be used to prevent or deal with acts of chemical terrorism… Terrorists can resort to chemical weapons: Antony – The Times of India Terrorists are getting “more and more aggressive” and can resort to using chemical weapons [...]

  • Chemical Weapons News July 27

    Updated: 2010-09-08 22:23:25
    Army Admits Nerve Gas Leak Detectors in Kentucky Did Not Work for Two Years – AllGov News Proper storage of deadly nerve gas agents at military facilities requires the use of monitoring devices to ensure the protection of base personnel and local communities from possible leaks. But the operators of the Blue Grass Army Depot [...]

  • Chemical Weapons News July 20

    Updated: 2010-09-08 22:23:24
    Depot gives county court update on weapons disposal – Erin Mills – The East Oregonian The Umatilla Chemical Depot’s disposal of the last of its chemical weapons is moving swiftly, despite a few setbacks involving leaks of mustard chemical agent vapor and mercury… Umatilla Chemical Depot gets new commanding officer – Josh Peterson – KVEW [...]

  • Chemical Weapons News July 14

    Updated: 2010-09-08 22:23:23
    Poisoned legacy: The Hiroshima of the chemical industry is still claiming victims – babies born 25 years later with serious birth defects – By Billy Briggs – The Scotland Sunday Herald Unable to steer safely in the mud, the driver of our rickshaw pulls into the side of the road to allow us to take [...]

  • Chemical Weapons News July 6

    Updated: 2010-09-08 22:23:22
    Last week the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists published a new editorial on nonlethal chemical agents: Marketing new chemical weapons – Neil Davison – Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists In April 2007, 26 people from the U.S. Justice Department, local law enforcement, the military, academia, and civil society came together at the behest of the [...]

  • Chemical Weapons News June 26

    Updated: 2010-09-08 22:23:21
    War of the poison dart: How Britain planned to rain death on the Nazis with sewing machine needles – The Daily Mail The concept sounds almost medieval in its crude simplicity. A war strategy to shower enemy troops with tens of thousands of poisoned darts made from sewing machine needles that could bring death in [...]

  • Editorial by Pfirter and Gorbachev

    Updated: 2010-09-08 22:23:20
    Former general secretary and executive president of the Soviet Union and current president of the international organization Global Green, Mikhail Gorbachev and current Director General of the OPCW, Amb. Rogelio Pfirter have published an editorial in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.  “Disarmament lessons from the Chemical Weapons Convention” highlights the CWC as an effective [...]

  • DG Pfirter speaking in Washington this week

    Updated: 2010-09-08 22:23:19
    OPCW Director General Rogelio Pfirter will be speaking on “Going to Zero With Weapons of Mass Destruction: Lessons From the Chemical Weapons Convention”  June 16 from noon-1pm at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington DC. The event will also be webcast live. Go here for additional event details, webcast, and to RSVP. Amb. Pfirter will [...]

  • Chemical Weapons News – June 8

    Updated: 2010-09-08 22:23:18
    Umatilla to destroy its last weapons. Now what? – The Associate Press – kgw.com News After more than 45 years, the days of the Umatilla Chemical Depot are numbered. The depot is preparing to incinerate its hefty supply of mustard gas, the last chemical weapon stored there. Videos renew debate on military use of animals [...]

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