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File: 120596_aacys_03.txtALL OF IRAQ'S MODERN TACTICAL AIRCRAFT ARE CAPABLE OF DELIVERING BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS. THE CARDOEN CLUSTER BOMB WILL BE USED (CBU-13O LB, CBU-500 LB). THEY CAN COVER AN AREA OF 10,000 TO 45,000 SQUARE METERS DEPENDING ON BOMB SIZE, OPERATIONAL EMPLOYMENT, AND WEATHER. IRAQ'S NBC PRODUCTION CAPABILITY HAS BEEN SYSTEMICALLY ATTACKED AND DEGRADED BY PRECISION ALLIED AIR STRIKES. ALLIED FORCES HAVE DESTROYED IRAQ'S NUCLEAR REACTORS CAPABLE OF MAKING FISSIONABLE MATERIAL. IRAQ'S ABILITY TO CHEMICALLY FILL ARTILLERY AMMUNITION HAS BEEN DESTROYED. THEIR CHEMICAL PRODUCTION CAPABILITIES HAVE BEEN DEGRADED [(b)(1)sec3.4(b)(1)] BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION CAPABILITIES HAVE BEEN DEGRADED [(b)(1)sec3.4(b)(1)] CW STOCKPILES IN BUNKERS, HAVE BEEN REDUCED [(b)(1)SEC3.4(b)(1)] BW BUNKERED STOCKPILES HAVE BEEN REDUCED [(b)(1)sec3.4(b)(1)] ATTRITION OF THESE STOCKPILES WILL REDUCE SIGNIFICANTLY IRAQ'S CAPACITY TO SUSTAIN A CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL WAR. APPROXIMATELY [(b)(1)sec3.4(b)(1)] IRAQ'S CHEMICAL [(b)(1)sec3.4(b)(1)] AGENT STOCK IS ASSESSED TO BE IN BOMBS. WITH IRAQ'S CURRENT INABILITY PORTIONS FROM PAGE 6 WITHHELD. NOT HEALTH RELATED. TO UTILIZE ITS AIR FORCE EFFECTIVELY, A MAJOR PORTION OF ITS CHEMICAL WEAPON EMPLOYMENT MAY BE SEVERELY HAMPERED. IRAQ'S OVERALL ARTILLERY AMMUNITION SUPPLY IN THE KTO HAS BEEN ASSESSED AS LASTING [(b)(1)sec3.4(b)(1)] BASED ON THIS AND ASSUMING CHEMICAL MUNITIONS USAGE IS PROPORTIONATE, THEN ARTILLERY CHEMICAL MUNITIONS SHOULD ALSO LAST [(b)(1)sec3.4(b)(1)] CHEMICAL NERVE AGENTS PRODUCED IN THE DECEMBER/JANUARY TIME FRAME WILL DETERIORATE BY LATE MARCH/EARLY APRIL. CHEMICAL BINARY STOCKS, BLISTER AGENTS, AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS SHOULD HAVE A LONGER SHELF LIFE. THE SUSTAINABILITY OF EMPLOYMENT OF AERIAL BOMBS WILL RESIDE MORE IN THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE IRAQI AIR FORCE THAN IT WILL IN THE STOCKPILE OF MUNITIONS. AFTER THE INITIAL SUPPLY OF MUNITIONS IN THE KTO ARE EXHAUSTED, SUSTAINABILITY WILL BECOME A FACTOR OF THE DEGRADATION OF LOC'S. IRAQ PROBABLY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN EMPLOYMENT OF CBW IN A DRAWN OUT GROUND ENGAGEMENT. PORTIONS FROM PAGE 7 WITHHELD. NOT HEALTH RELATED.
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