MSGID SYS RRM CTF 151 FEB 24 FEB 91

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Subject: MSGID SYS RRM CTF 151 FEB  24 FEB 91                            

Unit: USS MIDWAY  

Parent Organization: NAVCENTCOM  

Box ID: BX300053

Folder Title: USS MIDWAY MESSAGE FILES FOR 19 - 25 FEB 1991 CNA 2753  FOLDER 21  BOX 2                        

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    SMN 004867
               5 U.S.C. 552 (b)(1)
    AMPN/SUBJt FORCE INTEL ADVISORY/THREAT ACTIVITY UPDATE (U)//
    RMKS/lt             CHEMICAL THREATE WITH THE INPEPTION OF THE GROUND
    OFFENSIVEO THE POSSIBILITY OF IRAQ EMPLOYING CHEMICAL WEAPONS HAS
    INCREASEDE IRAQ HAS SEVERAL TYPES OF CHEMICAL AGENTST SEME HAVE A
    DISTINCT CHEMICAL ODOR AND COLOR CE,G, DUSTY MUSTARD IS PALE YELLOVS
    AND HAS A GARLIC SMELL)* OTHERS ARE COLORLESS AND ODORLESS (E.G.
    SARIN)O AFTETH DISPERSALE CHEMICAL AGENTS CAN CONTINUE TO BE G@ITHALRHOVER SOME
    DISTANCEE DEPENDING ON INITIAL CONCENTRATION AND
    ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONSL EVEN WHENHXAGENTS DISPERSE TO NON-LETHAL
    CONCENTRATPFTSO THEY CAN CAUSE SERIOUS ILLNESS, %ITH CURRENT tljNDS
    FROM THE NWo SURFACE UNITS SHOULD CONSIDER THE THREAT OF CHEMICAL
    CONTAMINATION FROM UPWIND CHEMICAL ATTACKS AGAINST COALITION GROUND
    FORCES AS WELL AS THE THREATSSF DIRECT ATTACKS AGAINST NAVAL UNITS,
    2 9            DURING THE MORNING HRS 23 FEBO AN IRANIK NAVY 5 U.S.C. 552 (b)(1)
    HENDIJAN AG TRANSITED THE THROUGH AN AMPHIB ANCHORAGE AREA VIC
    2817N/04957E (20 NM SE MARJAN OFLD)O CLOSED A US NAVY WARSHIP WITHIN
    2 &'Mo AND PASSED UNDER THE STERNO HENDIJAN PASSED "ARK US" (NFI)0;8-
    &*             5 U.S.C. 552 (b)(1)
    3o             THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT THE IRANIAN AIR FORCE HAS
    BASED RECENTLY ACQUIRED F-7 ACFT AT OMIDIYEH INVSSW IRAN AND 14AY
    OPERATE IN St'J IRAN IN THE NEAR FUTURE. F-7 IS THE CHINESE VERSION
    OF @IXG-21 FISHBED C AND COULD BE MISTAKEN FOR TN IRAQI FlShBED, IT
    HAS A PRIMARY AIR INTERCEPT ROLE AND MAY BE ARMED ViITti VERSIONS OFETHE SOVIET
    -28, IRAN REMAINS NEUTRAL IN THE GULF CONFLICTO
    4i             FAYLAYA ISL, A GROUP OF NEW REVET@IENTS ON THE VIESTERV
    SEGE OF FAYLAKA ISLANDO PREVIOUSLY ASSESSED AS A POSSIBLE SILKI.@ORt-i
    SITE, HAS BEEP) DETERMINED TO BE AAA RELATED, 5 U.S.C. 552 (b)(1)
    RELEASED BY COMIDEASTFOR N2"//
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