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SERIAL: IIR 5 380 0005 91 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BODY --------------------- 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 [b.2.] 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] [b.2.]
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