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New construction puts chemical destruction closer

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RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) -- Construction crews have finished encasing the main weapons-destruction building at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Richmond.

The Courier-Journal, which toured the facility last week, reports that the new three-story building is a milestone in the effort to destroy the 523 tons of chemical weapons stored at the depot.

Design work began on the $5.4 million project nine years ago, and construction is now more than half finished.

The new building is where 101,000 rockets containing nerve and mustard gas munitions will be dismantled beginning in 2020.

Most of the country's chemical weapons have already been destroyed.

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