Plan for Ridding Syria of Chemical Arms Includes Brute Force and Chemistry

By artappraiser on Sat, 10/05/2013 - 9:01pm |

By Michael R. Gordon, New York Times, Oct. 5/6, 2013

WASHINGTON — The United States and its partners are planning a series of rapid steps to dismantle Syria’s chemical weapons program, a strategy that is intended to guard against backsliding by President Bashar al-Assad and limit the time that international experts need to work in the country, according to senior American officials.

A major step is to be taken in early November, when equipment for producing chemicals and filling warheads and bombs with poison gas is to be destroyed by the Syrians under international supervision. That move can be carried out by equipment as simple as sledgehammers and bulldozers.

But a major centerpiece of the disarmament effort will be a mobile and highly sophisticated system developed by the Pentagon that will probably be set up outside Syria to neutralize large quantities of chemicals transported out of the country.

The system, known as the Field Deployable Hydrolysis System, is designed to [....]

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It's good to hear that the US still knows how to use "Brute Force" since our iron fist has been temporarily delayed from striking Syria. It's also good to know we have the "chemistry" to destroy these CWs and now maybe we can use that "chemistry" to destroy the 3000 tons of CWs still stockpiled in the US.

by Peter (not verified) on Sat, 10/05/2013 - 10:23pm

Where Did Syria’s Chemical Weapons Come From?
By Jannis Brühl, ProPublica, Sep. 25, 2013

Answer in short: the Soviet Union in the 1980's, after which the Syrians became proficient all by themselves, with Western European firms, mostly German, supplying them precursor ingredients.

by artappraiser on Tue, 10/08/2013 - 1:51pm

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