Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
April 2022 - United States Special Weapons News
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- Entire U.S. Stockpile of VX Nerve Agent Eliminated PEO ACWA 20 Apr 2022 -- The last M55 rocket containing VX nerve agent was destroyed at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) April 19.
- US to Upgrade Nuclear Arsenal Storage in UK, Possibly for Its Newest Bombs Sputnik 13 Apr 2022 -- In 2008, the US removed its B61 nuclear bombs from Lakenheath air base, ending more than a half-century of keeping a nuclear arsenal in the country. The gravity bombs were largely regarded as militarily obsolete at the time of the pullout, and prospects for further nuclear weapons disarmament were high.
- Britain's military facilities being enhanced to host new US nukes: Report Press TV 13 Apr 2022 -- British underground military facilities are being upgraded for use in storing US nuclear weapons as part of an extensive nuclear arms modernization program pursued by Washington, US military budget documents show.
- South Korea's president-elect wants return of US nuclear assets Press TV 07 Apr 2022 -- South Korea's President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol has sought the redeployment of US strategic assets, such as nuclear bombers and submarines, to the Korean Peninsula, after North Korea warned of a nuclear response to the South if provoked.
- Air Force delivers E-4B simulator US Air Force 06 Apr 2022 -- E-4B pilots and flight engineers assigned to the 595th Command and Control Group at Offutt Air Force Base have a new state-of-the-art training device.
- Air Force's new intercontinental ballistic missile system has a name: Sentinel US Air Force 05 Apr 2022 -- The Department of the Air Force's new weapon system, the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent, has officially been designated the LGM-35A Sentinel.
- Poland 'open' to hosting US nuclear weapons: Deputy PM Press TV 03 Apr 2022 -- Poland, a member of the NATO military alliance, is "open" to the idea of hosting American nuclear weapons as a deterrent against possible Russian threats, Deputy Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski has said.
- Poland is 'Open' to Hosting of US Nukes, Country's Deputy Prime Minister Says Sputnik 03 Apr 2022 -- The politician also called on NATO to deploy a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine and send the weapons President Volodymyr Zelensky has been requesting to the country. Moscow has repeatedly warned the alliance against such actions, with some NATO member states standing up against further escalating tensions with Russia.
- U.S. cancels ICBM test amid conflict in Ukraine People's Daily 02 Apr 2022 -- The United States has canceled a planned test-launch of its Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in a bid to lower the nuclear tensions with Russia amid the ongoing military conflict in Ukraine, the U.S. Air Force told Xinhua on Friday.
- Pentagon cancels ICBM test due to Russia nuclear tensions Press TV 01 Apr 2022 -- The US military has canceled a planned test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, weeks after Russian President Vladimir Putin put Russia's nuclear deterrence forces on "high alert."
- US Scraps Minuteman III Test After Launch Initially Postponed Over Russia Nuclear Tensions Sputnik 01 Apr 2022 -- While Russia's massive nuclear arsenal remains on high alert, Moscow has asserted it would only use the highly destructive weapons if the country's existence was directly threatened.
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