A big milestone in the long effort to get rid of chemical weapons




Federal Drive with Tom Temin show

Summary: Earlier this summer, disposal experts with the Defense Department destroyed the last remaining M55 rocket filled with deadly sarin nerve agent at a storage facility in Kentucky. It was a major milestone, marking the safe elimination of all declared chemical agents amassed between World War I and the late 1960s. To find out what and who were involved in this extensive initiative, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin talked to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Threat Reduction and Arms Control, Kingston Reif. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices