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Conventional Ammunition Demilitarization (Demil) - A Growing Challenge
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Army AL & T
- Article date:
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January 1, 2008
- Author:
- Raftery, Brian W
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As the Single Manager for Conventional Ammunition, the Army has demil responsibility for DOD conventional ammunition. This includes storage, surveillance, demil and disposal of DOD's excess, obsolete and unserviceable ammunition, including conventional munition items, tactical missiles and large rocket motors. Also, the Army is charged with planning, programming and budgeting. Obtaining the resources to reduce the demil stockpile is the single biggest challenge.
Size Matters
The current demil stockpile is estimated at almost 480,000 short tons of conventional ammunition and more than 300,000 missiles and missile components. At an approximate cost of $1,800 per ton to demil this stockpile ...