Remember when Pine Bluff Arsenal's incinerator was finally ready to destroy those WWII chemical weapons?

December 10, 2023 at 4:30 p.m.

by Celia Storey

Jay Whitlock, operations manager at the Pine Bluff Arsenal, explains the process for destroying chemical weapons at the arsenal on Dec. 10, 2002, for a group touring the incinerator plant. (Democrat-Gazette file photo)
Jay Whitlock, operations manager at the Pine Bluff Arsenal, explains the process for destroying chemical weapons at the arsenal on Dec. 10, 2002, for a group touring the incinerator plant. (Democrat-Gazette file photo)


The Pine Bluff Arsenal used to be home to 12% of the nation's chemical weapons stockpile, including 3,850 tons of chemical agents distributed among rockets, landmines and bulk containers.

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