There is no verification system known today or in prospect that will be able unfailingly to detect lethal chemical agent production and storage.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center for Security Policy | Submitted Testimony Of Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. Before A Joint Hearing Of The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee And The Permanent Subcommittee On Investigations

Neither the United States nor the Soviet Union has in place today the necessary facilities to dispose safely of the vast quantities of lethal chemical agent that would have to destroyed under the bilateral accord.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center for Security Policy | Is The Emerging US-Soviet Chemical Weapons Accord Too Unverifiable To Be A Treaty?