Visit to Shikhany, 1987. Technical report
In August 1987, the Soviet Union invited participants in the chemical weapons negotiations at the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva to visit the Soviet military chemical facility at Shikhany. The presentation at Shikhany of chemical weapons and of weapon destruction took place on 3 and 4 October 1987. Six members of the US delegation attended. The presentation provided unclassified information on seven chemical agents or agent composites and nineteen weapons for delivery of chemical agents. This report provides a ready reference to the information obtained from the Shikhany visit. Information is included on principal agent types and weapons types. Shikhany is the site of a Soviet military facility and is located in the Volsk district nine hundred kilometers southeast of Moscow, and lies northwest of and adjacent to the Volga river. This report provides descriptions of the chemical munitions displayed for the visitors, the chemical agents for use in the munitions, and Soviet chemical agent demilitarization.
- Research Organization:
- Army Dugway Proving Ground, UT (USA). Technical Analysis and Information Office
- OSTI ID:
- 6893708
- Report Number(s):
- AD-A-199073/8/XAB; DPG/TA-88/025
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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