Inside the US Army's top secret chemical and biological weapons testing facility
In the middle of the Utah desert lies a US Army facility that tests chemical and biological weapons such as sarin and anthrax.
David Sim
By David Sim
Updated August 16, 2017 11:05 BST
A warning sign authorising the use of deadly force hangs on a fence surrounding the US Army's Dugway Proving GroundGeorge Frey/Getty Images
The facility was established in 1942, not long after the US entered the Second World War, when President Franklin D Roosevelt withdrew an initial 126,720 acres of land from the public domain for use by the War Department. Work began that summer, testing incendiary bombs, chemical weapons, and modified agents that could be sprayed from aircraft. Research is done for defence purposes only – they do not test any materials or measures for offensive operations.
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