Disposal

In many instances, disposal of defence material poses no special problems and can be dealt with by means usual for disposal within the wider economy from whence costs (and/or receipts for scrap) can be obtained readily.
Where problems peculiar to defence do arise (e.g. with disposal of munitions or other especially hazardous material) these involve usually the construction and operation of specialised plants for that purpose.
Such plants are required commonly for a range of defence equipment types. Hence, their provision is treated best not as and adjunct to any one design but as projects in their own right.