{"id":1969508,"date":"2023-07-11T11:08:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T15:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-destroys-last-chemical-weapon-pentagon-says\/"},"modified":"2023-07-11T11:09:47","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T15:09:47","slug":"u-s-destroys-last-chemical-weapon-pentagon-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-destroys-last-chemical-weapon-pentagon-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon confirms: U.S. eradicates final chemical weapon."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-destroys-last-chemical-weapon-pentagon-says%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1969508&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Last of America&#8217;s Chemical Weapons Destroyed<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Pentagon announced on Monday that the last of the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/does-iran-have-chemical-weapons\/\" title=\"Does Iran Have Chemical Weapons?\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">chemical weapons<\/a> stockpile<\/a> was successfully destroyed at a munitions plant in Kentucky last week. This marks a significant milestone in the country&#8217;s efforts to eliminate these dangerous weapons.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>History of Chemical Weapons<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chemical weapons were first used on a large scale during World War I, causing devastating deaths and severe damage to the nervous system. In response to the horrors witnessed, Congress ordered the destruction of America&#8217;s chemical weapons in 1986. The U.S. later joined the Chemical Weapons Convention of 1997, committing to complete elimination of these weapons by September 30, 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Challenges and Progress<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At its peak, America&#8217;s chemical weapons stockpile reached 30,000 metric tons, requiring decades of careful planning and execution to ensure their safe destruction. Douglas Bush, an Army assistant secretary, explained that the final phase of destruction involved the complex process of neutralizing the chemicals in the munitions.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>The Deadly Nerve Agent<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The last <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kremlin-critic-alexei-navalny-ridicules-claim-he-failed-to-meet-parole-terms-while-he-was-in-coma-after-nerve-agent-poisoning\/\" title=\"Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny Ridicules Claim He Failed To Meet Parole Terms \u2014 While He Was In Coma After Nerve-Agent Poisoning\">chemical weapon<\/a> to be destroyed was a rocket filled with sarin, a highly toxic nerve agent. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), just a small amount of sarin can be fatal. Its odorless and tasteless nature makes it even more dangerous. The use of chemicals like sarin, chlorine, phosgene, and mustard gas in World War I resulted in the deaths of approximately 100,000 people.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>International Concerns<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While the U.S. has successfully destroyed its chemical weapons stockpile, there are concerns about whether other countries, such as China and Russia, have fully complied with their obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention. U.S. officials question the transparency and completeness of their destruction efforts.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Cluster Munitions Controversy<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a separate development, the Biden administration recently approved the shipment of cluster munitions to Ukraine, bypassing U.S. law. Cluster bombs, known for their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cotton-u-s-armys-affirmative-action-for-women-is-going-to-get-people-killed\/\" title=\"Cotton: U.S. Army\u2019s Affirmative Action For Women \u2018Is Going To Get People Killed\u2019\">high failure rates<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-destroys-last-chemical-weapon-pentagon-says\/\" title=\"Pentagon confirms: U.S. eradicates final chemical weapon.\">long-lasting unexploded fragments<\/a>, are banned by most countries due to humanitarian concerns. President Joe Biden utilized a provision of the Foreign Assistance Act to bypass the legal restrictions.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pentagon announced that the final U.S. chemical weapons stockpile was eradicated at a Kentucky munitions plant. In 1986, Congress mandated the destruction of America&#8217;s chemical weapons. 11 years later, the U.S. joined the Chemical Weapons Convention, committing to eliminate all weapons by September 30, 1997, along with 192 other countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":1969509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1969508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1969508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1969509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1969508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1969508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1969508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}