Stockpiles of chemical weapons in the Russian Federation |
Chemical weapons of category 1
|
Total volume of CW stockpiles (warfare chemical agents)
|
40 thousand tons
|
Organophosphorous agents (
Sarin
,
Soman
,
VX
) |
32.2 thousand tons
|
Mustard
,
Lewisite
and their mixtures |
7.8 thousand tons
|
Chemical weapons of category 2
|
Artillery shells calibre 122 filled with phosgene
|
3844 units *) |
Total volume of phosgene
|
10 tons |
Chemical weapons of category 3
|
Inert chemical munitions, discontinuous and propellant charges
|
288 300 units**) |
* - Phosgene is extracted from munitions, projectiles bodies are
destroyed. Phosgene destruction (processing) will be completed
by April 29, 2002.
|
** - All stockpiles
of chemical weapons of category 3 are destroyed. |