IRAQI CW AND NUCLEAR WARHEAD

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Subject: IRAQI CW AND NUCLEAR WARHEAD      
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CIA 752949 
 
DIST: JULY 1991 
 
COUNTRY: IRAQ 
 
SUBJ:          REPORT ON IRAQI CHEMICAL AND NUCLEAR 
WARHEAD DELIVERY SYSTEMS 
 
DOI: 1991 

SUMMARY: THIS REPORT CONTAINS LIMITED INFORMATION ON 
DEVELOPING A DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR IRAQI CHEMICAL WEAPONS AND 
SUMMARIZES GENERAL DATA ABOUT IRAQI NUCLEAR WEAPONS DELIVERY 
SYSTEMS. 
 
TEXT: 1. BETWEEN 1989 AND 1990, THE IRAQI NUCLEAR WEAPONS 
PROGRAM 
PETROCHEMICAL THREE (PC-3)) WAS INVOLVED IN A PROJECT TO 
DEVELOP  
CONTROL DEVICE   FOR CHEMICAL WARHEAD-EQUIPPED SHORT RANGE 
BALLISTIC MISSILES  (SRBM), SUCH AS THE AL-ABBAS AND AL-
HUSAYN.  THE PC-3 
WAS INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DEVICE WHICH 
CONTROLLED THE PROPER FUNCTIONING OF 
ITS DEVELOPMENT, IRAQI SRBMS FITTED WITH CHEMICAL WARHEADS 
HAD BEEN FLIGHT TESTED BUT DISPLAYED A VERY UNSTABLE FLIGHT 
PATH. 
 
THE PROJECT WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED IN ABOUT    1990. BY                             
1991, IRAQ HAD STOCKPILED ABOUT 150 SRBMS EQUIPPED WITH 
CHEMICAL WARHEADS.  THESE WEAPONS WERE CONCEALED IN WOODED 
AREAS THROUGHOUT IRAQ. 
 
3. AS OF 1991  IRAQ DID NOT HAVE ANY NUCLEAR WEAPONS 
DELIVERY CAPABILITY. 
 
ACQ: 1991). 
 
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