Russia 6/01: depository of chemical weapons situated 5 km off the city of shchuchye, kurgan region where 14 % of russia's total stock of chemical weapons are stored,shells and warheads for rocket and tube artillery filled with a nerve agent and projectiles with phosgene, nearly two million charges contain about 5,400 tons of chemical warfare agents, an installation for elimination of chemical weapons is being built as part of an international project for reduction of the ctr hazards.
Title

Russia 6/01: depository of chemical weapons situated 5 km off the city of shchuchye, kurgan region where 14 % of russia's total stock of chemical weapons are stored,shells and warheads for rocket and tube artillery filled with a nerve agent and projectiles with phosgene, nearly two million charges contain about 5,400 tons of chemical warfare agents, an installation for elimination of chemical weapons is being built as part of an international project for reduction of the ctr hazards.

Caption

Russia 6/01: depository of chemical weapons situated 5 km off the city of shchuchye, kurgan region where 14 % of russia's total stock of chemical weapons are stored,shells and warheads for rocket and tube artillery filled with a nerve agent and projectiles with phosgene, nearly two million charges contain about 5,400 tons of chemical warfare agents, an installation for elimination of chemical weapons is being built as part of an international project for reduction of the ctr hazards.

Date

Feb 01, 2013

Credit line

Photo12/Sovfoto/UIG

Reference

UMG20B04_410

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

8,9Mb (679,8Kb) / 6,8in x 5,1in / 2048 x 1524 (300dpi)

Restrictions

Editorial use only.

Please log in to download the high resolution file