VII CORPS INTSUM 197 13 FEB 91

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Subject: VII CORPS INTSUM 197 13 FEB 91                                  

Unit: VII CORPS   

Parent Organization: ARCENT      

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Folder Title: VII CORPS INTSUMS                                                                               

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      ESERTING THEIR POSITIONS, PERHAPS DUE TO THE EFFECTS OF THE
        BING. IF TRUE, THIS MAY ACCOUNT FOR THE APPEARANCE OF
       EXPERIENCED OPERATORS, SINCE IRAQ MAY HAVE DIFFICULTY REPLACING
       E TRAINED OPERATORS WHO DESERT. ANOTHER EXPLANATION FOR THE
          LAUNCHES WITHOUT GUIDANCE RADARS IS THAT THE OPERATORS FEAR
      DETECTION AND IMMINENT TARGETING. (DIA NMIST 121555Z/ MSSG 150)
          B"               VARIOUS REPORTS INDICATE THAT IRAQI AIR
      DEFENDERS HAVE BEEN FIRING SA-16/GIMLET MISSILES OUT OF
      PARAMETERS AT HIGH ALTITUDE TARGETS WHICH ARE WELL OUT OF THE
      MISSILE'S MAXIMUM RANGE. UNCONFIRMED HUMINT REPORTS INDICATE
      THAT SOME SA-16 PLATOONS MAY HAVE RUN OUT OF MISSILES AS A
      RESULT.. OTHER UNSUBSTANTIATED INTELLIGENCE REPORTS INDICATE THE
      THERMAL BATTERIES WHICH POWER THE MISSILE'S LAUNCHER AND IR
      SEEKER HEAD HAVE BEEN EXPIRING PREMATURELY. IF TRUE, THESE
      REPORTS SUGGEST THE SA-16 THREAT IS LESS POTENT THAN PREVIOUSLY
      ASSESSED. (CENTAF)
          C.

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      8. (U) CHEMICAL:
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      REVEALED THAT IRAQ'S FIRST PRIORITY IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE
      CONFLICT WAS TO FIND OUT HOW CLOSE THEIR SCUD MISSILES WERE TO
      THEIR TARGETS WHEN DESTROYED BY PATRIOT MISSILES. THIS
      INFORMATION WOULD HELP THEM TO MASTER THE FUSING AND MECHANICAL
      RELEASING OF CHEMICAL OR BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS. IRAQ SEES THE
      POSSIBILITY THAT A SCUD WITH A CHEMICAL OR BIOLOGICAL WARHEAD MAY
      DETONATE AT THE MOMENT IT IS HIT BY A PATRIOT MISSILE. BY USING
  *THIS METHOD, IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE CHEMICALS WILL DISPERSE OVER
      AN AREA OF 60 SQUARE KILOMETERS. OTHERWISE, A SCUD EQUIPPED WITH
      A CHEMICAL WARHEAD THAT HITS THE GROUND WILL SPREAD CHEMI@LS
      OVER A FEW SQUARE KILOMETERS. (18 ABC 12la22Z/ MSG #58)
    THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL INDICATIONS THAT IRAQ HAS
      ALREADY MADE THE POLITICAL DECISION TO USE CHEMICAL MUNITIONS
      DURING A COALITION OFFENSIVE. SEVERAL EPW'S HAVE REPORTED THAT
      CHEMICAL ROUNDS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE DIVISION LEVEL, INDICATING
      THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN DISPERSED FROM CORPS LEVEL STORAGE
      FACILITIES.   ADDITIONALLY, DECONTAMINATION EQUIPMENT AND SITES
      ARE PRESENT IN SEVERAL UNIT AREAS.     ASSESSMENT: CHEMICAL ROUNDS
      WILL LIKELY BE USED IN DEFENSE AGAINST COALITION ATTACKS.       THE
      EMPHASIS WILL BE IN THE EAST, BUT CHEMICAL ATTACKS AGAINST
      ATTACKING UNITS OF THE VII CORPS ARE LIKELY.
      9 . (U) SSM: NSTR.
      10.  (U)   UNCONVENTIONAL WARFARE: NSTR.
      11.  (U)   ELECTRONIC WARFARE: NSTR.
      12.  (U)   OBSTACLES: NSTR.
      13.  (U)   CI/TERRORISM: NSTR.
      14.  (U)   LOGISTICS:
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