How The U.S. Could Take Out Syria’s Chemical Weapons -- Popular Mechanics
The Pentagon’s Defense Threat Reduction Agency develops "agent defeat" weapons specifically designed to thwart chemical threats. If the U.S. ever decided to act against Syria’s reported chemical agent buildup, this is what it would use.
Intelligence reports coming out of the war in Syria have said that Bashar al-Assad’s regime could be mixing components to produce sarin nerve gas to fill artillery shells or bombs. President Obama has warned the Syrian regime that the use of chemical weapons would be unacceptable and would result in "consequences," while Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that Assad using chemical weapons against his own people would mean crossing "a red line for the United States." Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said today that there were no signs of aggressive new steps by Assad, but the standoff remains tense.
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My Comment: I agree with the last paragraph of this report .... the means to 'take-out' these Syrian chemical stockpiles exists .... the key is having the right intelligence to pinpoint where these stockpiles are. But considering how bad the intelligence community was in finding Iraq's "WMDs" .... there is no reason to feel confident that they will now be able to find Syria's WMDs.
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