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Subject: IRAQI SPECIAL WEAPONS

Not Finally Evaluated Intelligence







TO FACILITATE ELECTRONIC ACCESS, THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN

REFORMATTED TO ELIMINATE INFORMATION THAT DOES NOT PERTAIN

TO GULF WAR ILLNESS ISSUES OR THAT IS CLASSIFIED. A COPY OF

THIS REDACTED DOCUMENT, IN ORIGINAL FORMAT, IS AVAILABLE ON

REQUEST.







COUNTRY: IRAQ

SUBJ:  IRAQI SPECIAL WEAPONS CAPABILITIES

DOI:     JANUARY 1991







IRAQ HAS CHEMICAL WARHEADS FOR SCUD MISSILES, IT HAS NOT

YET MASTERED THE FUZE TECHNOLOGY AND TRIGGER MECHANISM TO

DETONATE THE WARHEAD. IRAQI MISSILE OFFICIALS ARE THEREFORE

LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING A SCUD MISSILE DELIVER

CHEMICAL OR BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS AND DISPERSE THEM UPON IMPACT WITH

A PATRIOT MISSILE          BELIEVE THAT THE

CHEMICALS COULD BE SPREAD OVER AN AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 60 SQUARE

KILOMETERS.             A SCUD MISSILE ARMED WITH A CHEMICAL

WARHEAD WHICH DETONATES UPON IMPACT WITH THE GROUND WOULD ONLY

SPREAD THE CHEMICALS OVER A FEW SQUARE KILOMETERS.







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