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In this image released by the U.S. Army, an operator cuts the metal bands on a pallet of M55 rockets containing GB (sarin) nerve agent on July 6, 2022, at the Blue Grass Army Depot near Richmond, Ky. The United States has destroyed the last of its declared chemical weapons stockpile, a milestone in the history of warfare dating back to World War I. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Friday, July 7, 2023, said workers at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky eliminated the last of thousands of rockets filled with sarin nerve gas that have been stored there since the 1940s. (U.S. Army via AP)
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