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The depot employs over 2,000 people and covers of land. Tanks and other equipment are repaired and tested there, but historically Anniston's main role has been as a major munitions storage site, since WWII. Anniston is one of eight depots in the United Staes where chemical weapons are stored(7.2% of nation's chemical weapons stockpile)http://ludb.clui.org/ex/i/AL3136/. Much of the stockpile was in M55 rockets armed with Sarin , VX Nerve Agent , as well as shells armed with Mustard Gas . The last M55 rockets were destroyed in March 2007http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-03-09-stockpile_N.htm, leaving artillery shells and land mines armed with VX and mustard. ANAD is the only depot capable of performing maintenance on heavy-tracked combat vehicles and their components. The depot is designated as the Center of Technical Excellence for the , over 1,000 M1 tanks, howitzers and other armored vehicles were stored awaiting re-engineeringhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/04/AR2006120401347.html. ANAD is under command of the US Army . REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS |
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