The whole process took place in a special Blue Grass in Kentucky. It was there that they destroyed the recent stocks of chemical charges that accumulated there during the Cold War between the US and the USSR. It is indicated that the total volume of these stocks reached 30 thousand tons. The senator stated that "today our nation has finally fulfilled its promise to get rid of its arsenal of this evil.
" The last warehouses with chemical shells were located in two places: near Richmond in Kentucky and near Pueblo in Colorado. Kentucky stored 51,000 M55 missiles, which contained a poisonous substance of the nervous paralytic action of GB (another name-"Zarin"). 2600 tons of sulfur and germ were destroyed in Colorado - 8. 5% of the total amount of 30610 tons.
The agency published a video showing how the process of eliminating chemical weapons was taking place: the United States joined the International Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons - it was signed by 193 countries in 1997. According to its obligations, the country had to get rid of it by September 30, 2023, which she did today, according to the material AP.
At the same time, American government officials show other countries how to act, because not everyone has joined the Convention. Currently, there are three such countries - Egypt, North Korea and South Sudan. Israel - signed, but did not ratify. Russia and Syria have signed the Convention, but hide chemical weapons. This was mentioned by Kingstone Raif, Assistant Minister of Defense. The official noted that this situation is "worried".
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