Syrian Chemical Weapons Set To Be Destroyed at Sea

A plan has been hatched to destroy Syria’s chemical weapons at sea using US Navy auxiliary vessel MV Cape Ray.

Industry sources told BBC Newsnight the plan will put a mobile destruction plant aboard that uses water to dilute the chemicals to safer levels.

The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has set 31 December as its deadline for removing the toxic substances from Syria.

So far countries have shown a marked reluctance to take on the task.

Albania and other countries rumoured to be the destination for the chemicals have insisted they will not take them, despite the international community agreeing that disposal was one of the most urgent security problems in the world.

The process planned for on board MV Cape Ray – called hydrolysis – will produce an estimated 7.7m litres of effluent. The OPCW says this will be packed in 4,000 containers.

BBC

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