Pine Bluff Arsenal
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The Pine Bluff Arsenal is an active military arsenal, that stores 12.5% of the nation's obsolete chemical weapons. In an incident after WWII, several captured German rockets containing nerve agents were accidentally launched into the surrounding countryside. Biological weapons "operations" were conducted here from the 1950's to the 1970's. The 14,943-acre installation has 267 munitions storage igloos, and employs around 1,200 people. Pine Bluff Chemical Activity conducts the current operations to destroy the part of the U.S. chemical weapon stockpile held at Pine Bluff.
Location: 30 miles SE of Little Rock, 8 miles NW of Pine Bluff
Address: AR Jefferson County Links: [1]
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