TAC SPECIAL ASSESSMENT 011-91-IRAQI OPERABILITY/SUSTAINABILITY

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SUBJ:  TAC SPECIAL ASSESSMENT 011-91 (U)

  PORTIONS FROM PAGE 2-3 WITHHELD.  NOT HEALTH RELATED.

         IRAQ IS THE MOST ADVANCED COUNTRY IN THE MIDDLE
  EAST AS REGARDS CHEMICAL WEAPONS. THE IRAQIS HAVE SHOWN HISTORICALLY
  THEIR ABILITY TO EMPLOY CHEMICAL WEAPONS USING BOTH 
  ARTILLERY AND AIRCRAFT IN THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR. SINCE THIS WAR, IT IS
  POSSIBLE THAT IRAQ H AS DEVELOPED THE CAPABILITY TO PLACE CHEMICAL
  WARHEADS ON SCUD SURFACE-TO-SURFACE MISSILES (SSM). [(b)(1)sec3.4(b)(1)]
  DIA ASSESSES THAT THERE MAY BE A VERY LIMITED NUMBER  OF SCUD-CAPABLE
  CHEMICAL WARHEADS. 

	 AIRCRAFT ARE IRAQ'S ONLY DEMONSTRABLE MEANS OF 
  ACCURATELY DELIVERING CHEMICAL WEAPONS BEYOND ARTILLERY RANGE (24-32
  KM). THE SU-22/FITTER AND MIG-23/FLOGGER CONDUCTED MANY OF THE AIR- 
  LAUNCHED CHEMICAL ATTACKS DURING THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR. OTHER AIRCRAFT
  AND SOME HELICOPTERS ARE ALSO CAPABLE.

  	 BOMBS, 55-GALLON DRUMS, AND 90 MM AIR-TO-SURFACE  
  ROCKETS HAVE ALSO BEEN EMPLOYED. TABUN WILL BE FOUND IN 250 KG, 500
  KG GENERAL PURPOSE BOMBS, AND 90 MM ROCKETS. SARIN WILL BE FOUND IN
  250 KG AND 500 KG GENERAL PURPOSE BOMBS, AS WILL GF  AND DUSTY
  MUSTARD. MUSTARD WILL BE EMPLOYED USING 100 KG, 250 KG, 500 KG
  GENERAL PURPOSE BOMBS, AND 90 MM ROCKETS.