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Subject: IRAQ'S MISSION TECHNOLOGY

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.







OCT 90      CIA







BODY   SUBJECT: SCIENCE AND WEAPONS REVIEW CABLE,

OCTOBER 1990







THE 210-MM HOWITZER IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST AND LONGEST-

RANGE ARTILLERY SYSTEMS. IT IS BASED ON OTHER GUNS DESIGNED BY

BULL AND USES ADVANCED MUNITION TECHNOLOGY THAT GIVES THE

SYSTEM A 57-KM RANGE. THE PROJECTILES CAN BE FILLED WITH

CHEMICAL AGENTS, INCLUDING SARIN, MUSTARD, OR PHOSGENE GAS, AS

WELL AS CONVENTIONAL HIGH EXPLOSIVES. PROTOTYPES OF THE

210-MM AL FAO HOWITZER AND THE LONG-RANGE (38-KM) 155-MM

MAJNOON SYSTEM VERE DISPLAYED AT THE

1989 BAGHDAD ARMS FAIR.







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