Suspect Mustard Projectiles Found at Seafood Plant

Dover, Delaware Air Force EOD responded to a call of a munitions find at a seafood processing facility in Delaware. EOD identified the two rounds as 75 mm projectiles suspected of containing mustard.

The rounds are being stored at Dover Air Force Base awaiting further guidance from the Army's Recovered Chemical Materiel Directorate (RCMD), US Army Chemical Materials Activity, and US Army 20th CBRNE Command (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive). Very few details about the munitions find have been released to the public but it is believed that the munitions came from clam shell dredging operations similar to finds in the past reported by UXOInfo.com over the years.

Dover AFB officials did release a statement saying there is no danger to military personnel or the surrounding community.

Since 2004, RCMD (formerly the Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Project) has completed eight missions to Dover AFB to destroy a total of 16 recovered chemical munitions, the most recent in August 2014.