If Syria were to hand over its 1,000-ton stockpile of chemical weapons, it would be a tall task to get rid of them. It could take billions of dollars and at least a decade to destroy the deadly stockpile, based on past history. It would ultimately fall to Syria to determine how to get rid its own weapons. The country would have to detail the stock for the first time and then lay out a plan to eliminate them and the production facilities. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons would have to approve the plan and inspectors would monitor the process from beginning to end. An incineration process would likely be used to destroy the chemical weapons.
