page_title: M55 (rocket)
section_title: Storage
hierarchical_section_title: M55 (rocket) / Disposal and storage programs / Storage
caption_attribution_description: English: The first chemical munition, a GB (Sarin) filled M55 rocket, is destroyed at JACADS in 1990.
context_page_description: The M55 rocket was a chemical weapon developed by the United States in the 1950s. The United States Army produced both Sarin and VX unitary warheads for the M55.
context_section_description: During the 1960s the Army stored many M55s at Black Hills Army Depot. The M55 was also stored at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal and in Okinawa, Japan. The rockets in Japan were moved to Johnston Atoll during Operation Red Hat where they were destroyed during the 1990s.
caption: A Sarin-filled M55 rocket being destroyed at Johnston Atoll in 1990.
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