Nonstockpile Chemical Materiel
Nonstockpile Chemical Materiel : Chemistry and Chemical Disasters. The Army has five categories of non-stockpile chemical warfare materiel - (a) Binary chemical weapons form lethal chemical agents by mixing two less toxic chemicals. Army policy requires that the components of binary weapons only be loaded together into a munition immediately prior to use on the battlefield, thus forming the lethal chemical agent during flight to the target. (b) Buried chemical warfare materiel includes any buried materiel. Land burial was a principal means of disposing of hazardous materials for many years. In most cases, the materiel was burned or chemically neutralized prior to burial. (c) Recovered chemical weapons include items recovered during range-clearing operations from chemical burial sites, and from research and development testing. Recovered chemical warfare materiel is over packed and either stored on site or transported and stored at a permitted Department of Defense site following recovery from range-clearing operations and burial. (d) Former production facilities include government facilities that produced chemical weapons and agents prior to the signing of the Chemical Weapons Convention. These facilities produced chemical agent, precursors, and components for chemical weapons or were used for loading and filling munitions. (e) Miscellaneous chemical warfare materiel includes unfilled munitions, support equipment, and devices designed to be used with chemical weapons. These include complete assembled rounds without chemical fill, with or without bursters and fuzes; simulant-filled munitions; inert munitions; dummy munitions; bursters and fuzes; empty rock warheads and motors; projectile cases; and other components of metal and plastic parts. http: //www-pmcd.apgea.armylmil/text/NSCMP/index.html
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