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U.S. destroys last of chemical weapons stockpile

The U.S. has destroyed its last chemical weapons warhead from its stockpile which dated back to World War I. The stockpile was destroyed at a sprawling military installation in eastern Kentucky.

WEKU’s Stu Johnson reports.

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