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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: U.S Chemical Stockpile is Still Being Destroyed [Watch (HLS stream): U.S Chemical Stockpile is Still Being Destroyed](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/qnZQcbfF.m3u8) (3:39)  _Published 2013-10-13. U.S Chemical Stockpile is still Being Destroyed_ --- Jul 27, 2023 3:51 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Iran Denies the U.S. Destroyed a Drone in the Strait of Hormuz](/video/NRnExQ7X/) ### Iran Denies the U.S. Destroyed a Drone in the Strait of Hormuz [Thousands Flee as Wildfires Destroy Homes in U.S. and Canada](/video/pMN15idd/) ### Thousands Flee as Wildfires Destroy Homes in U.S. and Canada [U.S. Ponders Syria's Possible Chemical Weapons](/video/xudK8LUl/) ### U.S. Ponders Syria's Possible Chemical Weapons --- ## Transcript [ NOISE ] It was all right here. The U. S worst of the worst. Mustard gas, sarin, nerve agents in bulk, in missiles, in deadly concoctions. More than 13, 000 tons of America's most dangerous chemical weapons. [ NOISE ] The government chose this barren desert near Salt Lake City as a storage facility during the height of World War II. The desert chemical weapons depot was the perfect place. Not just because of its isolation. But because Japanese war planes couldn't touch it. That's one of the big reasons why they did that. Was if they were able, the Japanese were able to hit the West Coast, they wouldn't be able to fly from there to here without refueling. Richard Trujillo wasn't even born yet when the poisons began arriving. It grew to an enormous stockpile, but the U. S didn't start destroying until 1996. It was never used and it just slowly began to deteriorate. And that was one of the big reasons for number one to get rid of it. Trujillo would grow up right here on base, and spend a career working and living along side more than 40 % of the nation's chemical weapons stockpile. The last of the depots munitions were destroyed just last year. A process that took more than 16 years. One of the amazing things about it was, they destroyed all of that. And there was no casualties. No, you know? It was all done safely. The Department of Defense told us to date, 90 % of the U. S stockpile has been successfully and safely destroyed. Which means 10 % of the US chemical weapons remain. In other words, we are still dealing with our own chemical weapons. [ SOUND ] While the world now tries to deal with Syria's. A topic the U. S Department of Defense told CNN it did not want to discuss. In a statement to CNN, the Department says it has been clear, that it is inaccurate to draw parallels between the U. S Chemical demilitarization program and the International cooperation that will be required to destroy the chemical weapons stockpile in Syria. While that may be true in a strictly technical sense, getting rid of American chemical weapons on American soil took decades of planning, construction. And coordination, between federal, state, and local officials, and a very willing military. It also took billions of billions of dollars and it's still not complete. So, how likely is it anything similar to what happened here in Utah, could take place in Syria? In a war zone, under the guidance of a dictator, who may not be as eager to get rid of his chemical weapons. Before we had a government that, that insisted that it be done safely, and that the community was protected. Maximum, maximum protection, I think was the phrase that was used. Maximum protection for the community when this was being destroyed. and, and so again, the funding was there. And I don't know that those things are in place in Syria. The final stockpile of U. S chemical weapons will be destroyed at two plants. Mustard agent, known as a blister chemical here in Pueblo Colorado, the deadly VX and Saran gases. And more mustard agent at the bluegrass plant in Kentucky. 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