The depot primarily is involved in industrial and related activities associated with the storage and maintenance of conventional and chemical munitions.
Capabilities include: industrial services support; ammunition maintenance, renovation, disassembly and demilitarization; thermal arc coating for Air Force bombs; water washout facility with flaker belt; molten salt research and development; ultrasonic testing for mortar ammunition; chemical material surveillance; quality assurance and joint logistics support; and ammunition life cycle management.
[3] BGAD is housed on 14,594 acres (5,906 ha) with 1,153 buildings, 902 igloos and storage capacity of 3,233,598 square feet (300,411.1 m2).
BGAD stored a small stockpile of chemical agents, comprising 523 short tons (474 t) of nerve agents GB (sarin) and VX, and mustard gas, or about two percent of the United States chemical weapons stockpile.
[5] Nerve agents were planned to be treated using a technology known as neutralization followed by supercritical water oxidation.