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    C) 121~ĥaSZ FEB 91    PSN ~96~67G32
    FM USCINCCENT/~CCJ~-.~H//
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    RHSDBBE~COR\I~I CORPS MAIN FWD~/G2~CI//
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    SERIAL:  (U) 6 ~6~ 3~85 91.
    COUNTRY:  CU? KUWAIT (ISU)#~ IRAQ CIZ)#' IRAN (IR)0
    SU8J: lIR 6 964 398~ 91/ CHE~ICAL/BIOLOGICAL SCUD WARHEADS        (U)
    ~ARNING:  CU) THIS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT~       NOT FINALLY EVALUATED
    INTELLIGENCE.    0 C ~ R E     ~~n~It~T~L~flEL~AS~SLC TC ~~LTtt,ATION~~
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                                DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

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    REOS:   CU) T-8C~26S~-91-91.
Bi  SoURCE(t~)~s~,'Ii~~~ /,                         //~ THIS INFORMATION
    ORIGI~ATED FROM AN U/I IRAQI MILITARY OFFICER~ IN LATE JAN 91.
    SUMMARY~U)4S~~~b~~ IRA~~8 FIRST PRIORITY IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE
    CONFLICT ~`AS TO FIND OUT HOW CLOSE THEIR SCUD MISSILES WERE TO THEIR
    TARGETS W~EN DESTROYED BY PATRIOT MISSILES~       THIS INFORMATION ~OULD
    HELP THEM TO MASTER THE FUSING AND MECHANICAL RELEASING OF CHEMICAL
    OR BIOLOSICAL WEAPONS.
    TEXT:   (U)
(U) ~THE FIRST PRIORITY OF THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT WAS TO KNOW HOW C~OSE
    THE SCUD MISSILES WERE TO THEIR TARGETS WHEN DESTROYED BY PATRIOT
    MISSILESs AS THEY HAVE CHEMICAL WEAPONS FOR THE SCUDS~        THEY HAVE NOT
    YET MASTERED THE TECHNOLOGY TO THE FUSING AND ~ECHANICAL RE~EA$ING TO
    USE A CHEMICAL WARHEAD.        DUE TO THIS FACT, IRAQ SEES THE POSSIBILITY
    OF A SCUD CARRYING CHEMICAL OR BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS TO BE DISPERSED AT
    THE MOMENT IT IS HIT B~ A PATRIOT MISSILE~       BY USING THIS METHOD, IT
    IS BELIEVED THAT THE CHEMICALS WILL DISPERSE OVER AN AREA OF 69
    8~UARE KILOMETERS~       OTHERWISE, A SCUD EQUIPPED WITH A CHEMICAL
    *~ARHEAD THAT HITS THE GROUND WILL SPREAD CHEMICALS ONLY OVER A FEW
    SQUARE KILOMETERS~
    COMMENTS: CU) NONEq
    IPSP:   CU) //PGW~65~//~
    COMSOaJ:  (U) //1~I,'      1~1//~

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