US Department of Defense Headquarters. File photoWASHINGTON, May 19 The United States has destroyed the last M55 missile containing the VX military grade nerve agent as part of the government's Chemical Weapons Elimination Program, the US Department of Defense announced. «We are very pleased that have reached a key milestone on the path to complete chemical disarmament,” said Kingston Rife, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Threat Reduction and Arms Control. Chemical Weapons Convention. According to the Pentagon, in total, from July 2021 to May 2022, the United States eliminated about 18,000 M55 missiles. The remaining stockpile of American chemical weapons is reportedly planned to be destroyed before 2023. According to the requirements of the convention, all participating countries undertake to completely eliminate the chemical weapons in their possession. Russia, which is also a party to the convention, announced back in 2017 that it had completely eliminated its stockpile of chemical warfare agents. with biological laboratories in Ukraine
