IRAQ: SITUATION UPDATE. (U)

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BODY SUBJ: IRAQ-KUWAIT: SITUATION UPDATE. 
DOI: 12 FEB 91 (AS OF 0930 EST)

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9.        MISSILE/CHEMICAL ACTIV1TY. DIA CANNOT CONFIRM RECENT
REPORTS ON THE SIGHTING OF TMS-65 DECONTAMINATION VEH1CLES IN THE
KTO. THE IRAQIS HAVE NEVER BEEN ASSESSED TO HAVE TH1S SOVIET
VEHICLE, WHICH INCORPORATES A JET ENGINE MOUNTED ON A TRUCK TO
ACHIEVE RAP1D AND EFFECTIVE DECONTAMINATION OF SUCH LARGE PIECES 
OF
MILITARY HARDWARE AS TANKS. THE VEHICLE CAN ALSO BE USED AS A 
SMOKE
GENERATOR. IRAQ DOES HAVE ARS-12/14 DECONTAMINATION VEHICLES, 
WHICH
HAVE A 2700-LITER CAPACITY AND ARE USED PR1NCIPALLY TO 
DECONTAMINATE WEAPONS, EQUIPMENT, TERRA1N AND ROADS USING HOSES 
AND BRUSHES.
COMMENT: IF THE TMS-65 1S IN FACT PRESENT, 1T WOULD BE A
SIGNIF1CANT UPGRADE OF IRAQI DECONTAMINATION CAPABIL1T1ES. THE
DEPLOYMENT OF ANY DECONTAMINATION VEHICLES AND STAT1ONS AT IRAQI
BRIGADE- OR DIVISIONAL-LEVEL AMMUNITION SUPPLY PO1NTS 1S ONE
POSS1BLE INDICATOR THAT CHEMICAL WEAPONS HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED TO THE
AREA. THE SIGHTING OF SUCH EQU1PMENT WITH UN1TS THAT HAVE 
CHEMICAL-
CAPABLE F1RE-SUPPORT ASSETS WOULD BE ESPECIALLY NOTEWORTHY.
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