Russia Begins Work on Weapons Disposal Plant

Russia yesterday began construction of a chemical weapons disposal plant at Maradykovskiy, ITAR-Tass reported (see GSN, Jan. 18).

About 7,000 metric tons of chemical weapons in 40,000 munitions are stored at Maradykovskiy, ITAR-Tass reported. The planned disposal facility is expected to be fully operational by the end of 2008 and to complete work by 2011.

The site is set to destroy aerial munitions and rockets containing a mixture of mustard gas and blister agent (ITAR-Tass/BBC Monitoring, Jan. 18).

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