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Anniston Chemical Activity is a U.S. Army chemical weapon storage site located in Alabama
Alabama

Alabama is a state located in the Southern United States of the United States of America. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west....
. The Army has safely stored approximately seven percent of the nation’s original chemical weapons stockpile at the Anniston Army Depot
Anniston Army Depot

Anniston Army Depot is a major United States Army facility fulfilling various depot operations. Primary missions are the repair of tracked vehicles and storage of chemical weapons ....
 since the early 1960s. In August 2003, the Army began disposing of these weapons at the Anniston Chemical Agent Disposal Facility. Since then, it has destroyed by incineration 55% of the depot's total stockpile including all 437 ton
Short ton

The short ton is a unit of weight equal to 2,000 Pound . In the United States it is often called simply ton without distinguishing it from the metric ton or the long ton ; rather, the other two are specifically noted....
s (397 metric tons) of GB
Sarin

Sarin, also known by its NATO designation of GB, is an extremely toxic substance whose sole application is as a nerve agent. As a chemical weapons, it is classified as a weapon of mass destruction by the United Nations in UN Resolution 687....
 (sarin) and all VX
VX (nerve agent)

VX is an extremely toxic substance whose only application is in chemical warfare as a nerve agent. As a chemical weapon, it is classified as a weapon of mass destruction by the United Nations in UN Resolution 687....
 nerve agent on site.






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Anniston Chemical Activity is a U.S. Army chemical weapon storage site located in Alabama
Alabama

Alabama is a state located in the Southern United States of the United States of America. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west....
. The Army has safely stored approximately seven percent of the nation’s original chemical weapons stockpile at the Anniston Army Depot
Anniston Army Depot

Anniston Army Depot is a major United States Army facility fulfilling various depot operations. Primary missions are the repair of tracked vehicles and storage of chemical weapons ....
 since the early 1960s. In August 2003, the Army began disposing of these weapons at the Anniston Chemical Agent Disposal Facility. Since then, it has destroyed by incineration 55% of the depot's total stockpile including all 437 ton
Short ton

The short ton is a unit of weight equal to 2,000 Pound . In the United States it is often called simply ton without distinguishing it from the metric ton or the long ton ; rather, the other two are specifically noted....
s (397 metric tons) of GB
Sarin

Sarin, also known by its NATO designation of GB, is an extremely toxic substance whose sole application is as a nerve agent. As a chemical weapons, it is classified as a weapon of mass destruction by the United Nations in UN Resolution 687....
 (sarin) and all VX
VX (nerve agent)

VX is an extremely toxic substance whose only application is in chemical warfare as a nerve agent. As a chemical weapon, it is classified as a weapon of mass destruction by the United Nations in UN Resolution 687....
 nerve agent on site. Destruction of the base's stockpile of VX was begun on July 23, 2006. By December 2008, all of the VX on site had been destroyed. Several months of retooling will be required before beginning destruction of mustard gas.

Anniston develops and operates mobile treatment systems for on-site treatment of recovered chemical weapons. The agency successfully treated recovered chemical weapons at Camp Sibert and Fort McClellan
Fort McClellan

Fort McClellan, originally Camp McClellan, was a United States Army installation located adjacent to the city of Anniston, Alabama. While it was in operation, Fort McClellan was home for an average military population of about 10,000 people, including about 5,000 who were permanently assigned, and employed about 1,500 civilians....
, both in Alabama.

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