MOSCOW. Nov 21 (Interfax-AVN) - The head of Russia's Ammunition Agency said on Wednesday the Russian technology for the destruction of chemical weapons is vastly better than its U.S. counterpart.
The Americans are using a "primitive technology" by merely burning toxic chemicals in high temperature furnaces and thereby producing noxious substances, Zinovy Pak told reporters.
"Our technology [involves] low temperature, small volumes and mixing combat toxic substances with reagents, and the result is not any poison, not any toxic substances, but a low toxic product," he said.
Pak said many in the United States have come to the conclusion that the Russian technology is safer and that there have been appeals to go over to the Russian technology.
He also said chemical weapons destruction under a revised Russian program would be at least 40% more economical than it has been under the previous one.
"We will have to defend our positions in international organizations. We believe that the convention on the destruction of chemical weapons can be carried out more quickly and cheaply," he said.