The Seneca Army Depot by Walter Gable

Author:Walter Gable
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Published: 2012-09-15T00:00:00+00:00

This recent photo of the main entrance to the North Depot Activity gives some evidence of the tight security for the Q Area. Courtesy of Bill Clark.

Note the special concrete security feature at each corner of the administration building in the Q Area. Courtesy of Bill Clark.

To provide security against Soviet aerial spying on North Depot operations, some nuclear weapons components were stored underground beneath what would appear to be a typical building in the Q area. Courtesy of Walter Gable.

THE OFFICIAL DEFENSE POSITION

The United States Government (Department of Defense) has basically never officially acknowledged that any kinds of nuclear weapons have been stored at the Seneca Depot at any time. The standard response of the army when asked about the presence of nuclear weapons at the Seneca Depot was: “It is the policy of the Department of Defense to neither confirm nor deny the presence of nuclear weapons at a particular location.” It is common for public affairs officers to talk about “special weapons missions.” “It’s a euphemism that came up years and years ago when people didn’t want to say ‘nuclear,’” says Lieutenant Colonel Mark Foutch, a Pentagon Public Affairs officer.213

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