[MilCom] Chemical Weapons Story

[Ken]

CNN this evening (1125/05) ran a segment on the Newport, IN Army Chemical 
Storage area. Basically CNN reported that there's 250K gallons of VX (sticky 
substances similiar to motor oil) stored there.   They are in the process of 
neutralizing (7K gallons processed so far) via a chemical process which 
reduces the substance to 250 parts per billion in water.  The plan is to 
take that waste water to a Dupont processing plant on the Deleware river & 
further "wash" the water & than release it into the river which is just up 
river from Cape May NJ... So far the EPA hasn't given them permission to do 
this.

Grove's 'Military Frequency Directory' 2nd edition, lists 11 VHF high band 
frequencies potentially in use.  I'd assume that many if not most are 
encrypted.

Radio Information Systems http://www.radioinfosystems.com/links.htm 
'Military Facilities Frequency Lists' reported in the past that they are 
operating on a trunked radio system with local public safety.

Radio Reference  www.radioreference.com  doesn't confirm a separate trunking 
system is in operation but continues to show that the Vemillion County PD/FD 
operates on VHF highband with the Emergency Mangement agency operating on 
UHF.   HOWEVER, the website does list a 800 mhz Motorola trunking site in 
Newport for the Indiana Project Hoosier SAFE-T System statewide trunking 
system.

Additional background information can be found at:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/facility/newport.htm
http://www.cma.army.mil/docviewerframe.aspx?docid=003675052

Not sure if any of you folks remember this by many years ago Tom Kneitel 
wrote a feature article in "Popular Communications" magazine on 
chemical/biological storage areas in the US.

Ken