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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41288977/ns/us_news-security/ (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41288977/ns/us_news-security/)
Biological weapons base reopens after scare
Hundreds kept inside Dugway Proving Grounds in Utah for nearly 12 hours
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SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah military base that carries out tests to protect troops against biological attacks was locked down for nearly 12 hours overnight because a small amount of a nerve agent was unaccounted for.
It reopened early Thursday, officials said, after the missing vial was located.
The military said in a statement Thursday the amount missing was less than one fourth of a teaspoon of VX nerve agent, which affects the body's ability to carry messages through the nerves.
Dugway Proving Grounds spokeswoman Paula Thomas said the base, located about 85 miles southwest of Salt Lake City, had first reopened to incoming personnel, and people inside were allowed to leave shortly thereafter.
She said there were no injuries resulting from the cause of the lockdown. About 1,200 to 1,400 people — a mix of military personnel and contractors and civilian workers — were inside the base when the lockdown occurred, Thomas said.
The Salt Lake Tribune reported the nearly 800,000-acre base conducts chemical and biological defense training, and "is the Defense Department's leader in testing battlefield smokes and obscurants."
Personnel there also test military equipment's viability in environments where they're facing chemical or biological threat.
The base also is used by the U.S. Army Reserves and the U.S. National Guard for maneuver training.
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this is how The Stand started.
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Dugway is "rumored" to be the new Area 51, well at least some believe most of what was at Area 51 has been moved to Dugway at this point. Interesting place.
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the mist.
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the mist.
That movie kinda freaked me out. I read the book it was worse.
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I used to work there. Interesting place. Hard to believe some nerve agent 'Got Lost".
Going to have to talk to some old friends with what really happened.
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I used to work there. Interesting place. Hard to believe some nerve agent 'Got Lost".
Going to have to talk to some old friends with what really happened.
Share what you heard once you get this INFO
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That movie kinda freaked me out. I read the book it was worse.
One of the best endings ever.
The ITC (Impossibly Tall Creature) was cool.
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One of the best endings ever.
The ITC (Impossibly Tall Creature) was cool.
Book ending was different from the movie. Yeah the tall creature was cool. I wondered if they were going to be able to use it in the movie, glad they kept it in.
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one of the very few (4 or 5) movies i ve seen these last 3 years. Stuck behind the screen from the beginning to the end. I was speechless most of the time. It's very rare to get it all just perfectly right like they did in this small budget sci fi movie.