ASSESSMENT OF IRAQI NUCLEAR WEAPONS

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Subject: ASSESSMENT OF IRAQI NUCLEAR WEAPONS       
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FEB 91

COUNTRY: IRAQ
 

SUBJ: ASSESSMENT OF IRAQI NUCLEAR WEAPONS DEVELOPMENT 
CAPABILITY 

DOI:      LATE 1990 - EARLY FEBRUARY 1991

TEXT: 1. THE POSSIBILITY THAT IRAQ COULD DEVELOP ONE OR MORE 
CRUDE NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVE DEVICES USING SAFEGUARDED NUCLEAR 
MATERIAL IN A CRASH PROGRAM CANNOT BE RULED OUT.  I 
 
4. TECHNICALLY, IRAQ COULD BUILD A DIRTY BOMB, WHICH SIMPLY 
INVOLVES SURROUNDING SOME NUCLEAR MATERIAL WITH HIGH 
EXPLOSIVES AND SETTING IT OFF.  HOWEVER, THERE IS NO 
SUPPORTING EVIDENCE THAT THEY WOULD DO THIS. 
 
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