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Another reason: maintaining a supply of chemical weapons is dangerous. Turns out no city/state wants that stockpile, either. Years ago a co-worker of mine at t
by kitteh 7y ago
Another reason: maintaining a supply of chemical weapons is dangerous. Turns out no city/state wants that stockpile, either.
Years ago a co-worker of mine at the phone company had to go to military base in Terre Haute to work on some high speed circuits that weren't working properly. The network room was in the basement of a warehouse that stored VX nerve agents - rows and rows of it. When he got to the base he had to watch some training video on nerve agents, get issued a gas mask and the atropine shot then escorted to the facility. He said during the whole time he was incredibly nervous as the evacuation route involved running back up into the warehouse then through an exit.
- jvanderbot 7y agoThis is, in fact, explicitly stated in the article. So, no, not "another" reason.
- jonmartinwest 7y agoDzerzhinsk in Russian is a great example of this.
- Balgair 7y ago> Dzerzhinsk is one of the worst-polluted cities of the world and has a life expectancy of 42 years for men and 47 for women, with the 2003 death rate exceeding its birth rate by 260%. Holy Cow! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzerzhinsk,_Russia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzerzhinsk,_Russia
- RyJones 7y agoInteresting - I grew up in Terre Haute. I think you're talking about the old VX bunker up in Newport, maybe?
- rsynnott 7y ago> maintaining a supply of chemical weapons is dangerous I don't really buy this one. I mean, I agree it's dangerous, but the major powers maintained large stocks throughout the Cold War without apparently worrying about it too much. More recently it's become a somewhat expensive disposal problem, but in terms of cost it's not really significant next to the cost of maintaining, say, aircraft carriers, or nuclear warheads.
- Spooky23 7y agoIt's expensive to properly maintain those stockpiles, and even a well-funded military did a particularly bad job at it. There's no glory in keeping pallets of drums in good condition. Leaks happen and have happened, etc.
- Balgair 7y agoFor instance: https://www.businessinsider.com/kitty-litter-nuclear-waste-accident-2016-8?op=1 https://www.businessinsider.com/kitty-litter-nuclear-waste-a...