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SERIAL:    IIR 5 380 0005 91

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
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COUNTRY:   (U) KUWAIT (KU), IRAQ (IZ)

SUBJECT:      (U) SILKWORM TEST FACILITY


WARNING:   (U) THIS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY
                EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE. 

DOI:       (U) 910315

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SUMMARY:    REPORT PROVIDES DETAILS CONCERNING AN IRAQI
SILKWORM MISSILE TEST AND MAINTENANCE FACILITY FOUND AT THE AL
BADAWIYAH GIRLS SCIENCES SCHOOL NEAR THE TOWN OF AL BADAWIYAH
(2904N/04806E).  ACCORDING TO DOCUMENTATION FOUND AT THE SITE, A
COMPANY LEVEL COASTAL DEFENSE MAINTENANCE UNIT WAS LOCATED THERE.
TEXT:   1.      SOURCE SPOKE TO LOCAL RESIDENTS WHO INDICATED
THERE WERE UNIDENTIFIED LARGE MISSILES HIDDEN IN THE AL BADAWIYAH
GIRLS SCIENCES SCHOOL.  UPON INVESTIGATION, SIX HY-2 SILKWORM
MISSILES WERE FOUND INSIDE THE FACILITY BETWEEN THE CLASSROOMS.
MISSILE TEST CARTS, CABLING AND A GENERATOR VEHICLE OF CHINESE
ORIGIN WERE ALSO PRESENT INSIDE THE SCHOOL.
2.       THE SILKWORM MISSILES WERE APPROXIMATELY 20 FT IN LENGTH
AND PAINTED DARK GREY/GREEN WITH RED SIX FIGURE SERIAL NUMBERS ON
THE NOSE (NFI).  ONE MISSILE'S WARHEAD ASSEMBLY WAS REMOVED AND
LOCATED NEARBY IN A LARGE GREEN METAL AND WOOD CONTAINER  (SOURCE
COMMENT: CRATE WAS LABELED AS "IMPORTED TO JORDAN"; [b.1. sec. 1.5.c., d.]                
                                                                                                        THE BOX MAY HAVE 
BEEN A CONVENIENT CONTAINER).  MISSILE BOOSTER SUSTAINER BOXES
WERE LOCATED IN CLASSROOMS WITHIN THE BUILDING.  TWO DERELICT
MISSILE TRANSPORTER TRUCKS OF SOVIET ORIGIN WERE LOCATED NEXT TO
A TRUCK MOUNTED CRANE 100 METERS WEST OF THE FACILITY.  AN ADDI
TIONAL GENERATOR OF CHINESE ORIGIN WAS NOTED 600 METERS WEST OF
THE BUILDING ALONGSIDE A DRIVE-IN THEATER.
3.       SOURCE REPORTED THAT THE AUDITORIUM APPEARED TO HAVE
BEEN USED AS A TROOP MESSING/BERTHING AREA.  INSPECTION OF THE
SITE INDICATED THAT THE TROOPS DEPARTED HASTILY; CLOTHES WERE
FOUND HANGING TO DRY AND FOOD WAS ABANDONED WHILE IN PREPARATION.
A SMALL GARAGE ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE SCHOOL HAD BEEN
CONVERTED FOR USE AS AN EQUIPMENT AND WEAPONS WAREHOUSE FOR SMALL
ARMS AND MORTARS.  LOAD BEARING EQUIPMENT, CLOTHES AND TENTAGE
FOR A PLATOON-SIZED UNIT WERE FOUND ON THE FLOOR AT THE FACILITY
ADJACENT TO NUMEROUS SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION BOXES.
[b.1. sec. 1.5.c., e]

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