REPORT ON IRAQI CHEMICAL/NUCLEAR WARHEAD SYSTEMS

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Subject: REPORT ON IRAQI CHEMICAL/NUCLEAR WARHEAD SYSTEMS  
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UN 91 INTEL  
  
COUNTRY: IRAQ  
SUBJ: REPORT ON IRAQI CHEMICAL AND NUCLEAR WARHEAD DELIVERY  
SYSTEMS  
DOI: 1991  
SUMMARY: THIS REPORT CONTAINS LIMITED INFORMATION ON  
DEVELOPING A DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR IRAQI CHEMICAL WEAPONS AND  
SUMMARIZES GENERAL DATA ABOUT IRAQI NUCLEAR WEAPONS DELIVERY  
SYSTEMS.  
TEXT: 1. BETWEEN 1989 AND 1990, THE IRAQI NUCLEAR WEAPONS  
PROGRAM (PETROCHEMICAL THREE (PC-3)) WAS INVOLVED IN A  
PROJECT TO DEVELOP           - CONTROL DEVICE                             
FOR  CHEMICAL WARHEAD-EQUIPPED SHORT RANGE BALLISTIC  
MISSILES         (SRBM).  SUCH AS THE AL-ABRASS AND AL- 
HUSSEIN_ THE PC-3                WAS INVOLVED IN THE  
DEVELOPMENT OF THE DEVICE WHICH  CONTROLLED THE PROPER  
FUNCTIONING OF         ITS DEVELOPMENT, IRAQI SRBMS FITTED  
WITH CHEMICAL WARHEADS HAD BEEN FLIGHT TESTED  BUT DISPLAYED  
A VERY UNSTABLE FLIGHT PATH.    
2. THE PROJECT WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED IN ABOUT               
1990.  BY l991 IRAQ HAD STOCK PILED ABOUT 150 SRBMS          
EQUIPPED WITH CHEMICAL WARHEADS.  THESE WEAPONS WERE  
CONCEALED IN WOODED AREAS THROUGHOUT IRAQ.  
         3. AS OF l991, IRAQ DID NOT HAVE ANY NUCLEAR  
WEAPONS DELIVERY CAPABILITY.  
ACQ: (1991).  
  
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