Timeline of VX At Newport
- 1962-68: VX produced at Newport
- 1969: President Richard Nixon issues a unilateral decree halting production and transport of chemical weapons, stranding the last two batches of VX at Newport
- 1999: contract for disposal of VX awarded.
- 2001: Company D, 1st Battalion, 502d Infantry, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) is assigned to secure Newport shortly after the 9/11 attacks.
- 2005, May 5: destruction of VX begins
- 2005, October: 25 short tons (23 t) destroyed, less than 2.5% of stockpile
- 2006, April: 180 short tons (163 t) destroyed, 14% of stockpile
- 2006, July: 274 short tons (249 t) destroyed, 22% of stockpile
- 2007, January: 470 short tons (426 t) destroyed, 37% of stockpile
- 2007, February: 520 short tons (472 t) destroyed, 41% of stockpile
- 2007, September: 834 short tons (757 t) destroyed, 65% of stockpile
- 2007, December: 940 short tons (853 t) destroyed, 74% of stockpile
- 2008, May: 1,154 short tons (1,047 t) destroyed, 91% of stockpile
- 2008, August: 1,269 short tons (1,151 t) destroyed, 100% of stockpile
- 2009, September: Chemical Weapons Convention treaty inspectors verify 100% destruction
- 2010, January: NECDF RCRA permit closed
- 2010, June: Deactivation Ceremony to close the Newport Chemical Depot (NECD)
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