Pine Bluff Arsenal
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The Pine Bluff Arsenal is a United States Army installation in Jefferson County, Arkansas, about eight miles northwest of Pine Bluff and thirty miles southeast of Little Rock.
Pine Bluff Arsenal | |
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Jefferson County, Arkansas | |
Coordinates | 34°19′57″N 92°05′12″W |
Type | Arsenal |
Area | 13,493 acres (5,460 ha; 21.083 sq mi) |
Site information | |
Owner | United States Army |
Open to the public | No |
Website | pba |
Site history | |
Built | November 2, 1941 (82 years ago) (1941-11-02) |
Built by | Corps of Engineers |
Battles/wars |
Pine Bluff Arsenal is one of nine Army installations in the United States that stored chemical weapons.[1] The arsenal supplies specialized production, storage, maintenance and distribution of readiness products, and delivers technical services to the Armed Forces and Homeland Security. It also designs, manufactures and refurbishes smoke, riot control, and incendiary munitions, as well as chemical/biological defense operations items. It serves as a technology center for illuminating and infrared munitions and is also the only place in the Northern Hemisphere where white phosphorus munitions are filled. Its Homeland Security mission includes first-responder equipment training and surveillance of pre-positioned equipment.