firsthand look at this system. it s called the field deployable system. the system neutralizes chemical agents by mixing them with water, hot water and other chemical agents. you can see them stored here in these tanks. after mixing them in the system, they then get heated, and that turns them into compounds that can no longer be used as weapons. the liquid waste, the by-products of the process are then pumped into interim holding tanks for cooling, and eventually disposal by the same means that industrial waste is disposed of. this system, which, again, has been invented for this process to be used at sea. it is a transportable system, it s self-sufficient and includes its own power generator. and for the first time on earth, it is designed to do this while floating. and consider the international effort here. the loading of the weapons is going to go first on to a danish ship, with support from the norwegians and the fins. russian and china say they will
but a year ago, we were not in a position to do this. a year ago, we did not have the kind of capacity that was needed to go and remotely, in some other location, destroy chemical materials that were used in chemical weapons. a year ago, that process did not exist. but today, we got to take a firsthand look at this system. it s called the field deployable system. the system neutralizes chemical agents by mixing them with water, hot water and other chemical agents. you can see them stored here in these tanks. after mixing them in the system, they then get heated, and that turns them into compounds that can no longer be used as weapons. the liquid waste, the by-products of the process are then pumped into interim holding tanks for cooling, and eventually disposal by the same means that industrial waste is disposed of. this system, which, again, has
picked the one that we re absolutely implementing now, if we had been asked to guess or even write down several possibilities. but a year ago, we were not in a position to do this. a year ago, we did not have the kind of capacity that was needed to go and remotely, in some other location, destroy chemical materials that were used in chemical weapons. a year ago, that process did not exist. but today, we got to take a firsthand look at this system. it s called the field deployable system. the system neutralizes chemical agents by mixing them with water, hot water and other chemical agents. you can see them stored here in these tanks. after mixing them in the system, they then get heated, and that turns them into compounds that can no longer be used as weapons. the liquid waste, the by-products of the process are then pumped into interim holding tanks for cooling, and eventually disposal by the same means that industrial waste is disposed of. this system, which, again, has