Pine Bluff Arsenal

Pine Bluff Arsenal
Jefferson County, Arkansas
Satellite image of Pine Bluff Arsenal, in color
NASA 2011 Satellite Photo
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Pine Bluff Arsenal is located in Arkansas
Pine Bluff Arsenal
Pine Bluff Arsenal
Location in Arkansas
Coordinates34°19′57″N 92°05′12″W / 34.33250°N 92.08667°W / 34.33250; -92.08667
TypeArsenal
Area13,493 acres (5,460 ha; 21.083 sq mi)
Site information
Owner United States Army
Open to
the public
No
Websitepba.army.mil
Site history
BuiltNovember 2, 1941 (82 years ago) (1941-11-02)
Built byCorps of Engineers
Battles/wars

The Pine Bluff Arsenal is a United States Army installation in Jefferson County, Arkansas, about eight miles northwest of Pine Bluff and thirty miles southeast of Little Rock.

Pine Bluff Arsenal is one of nine Army installations in the United States that stored chemical weapons.[1] The arsenal supplies specialized production, storage, maintenance and distribution of readiness products, and delivers technical services to the Armed Forces and Homeland Security. It also designs, manufactures and refurbishes smoke, riot control, and incendiary munitions, as well as chemical/biological defense operations items. It serves as a technology center for illuminating and infrared munitions and is also the only place in the Northern Hemisphere where white phosphorus munitions are filled. Its Homeland Security mission includes first-responder equipment training and surveillance of pre-positioned equipment.

  1. ^ "Summary of PBA from the US Army Chemical Materials Agency website". Archived from the original on 2009-11-27. Retrieved 2009-07-01.