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                               COVD-90-1322
                              This document consists of .3, pages.
                              No. 1 of 1  copies. Series COVD
                              Page 1
                              September 12, 1990
I.  Types of Agents
       a.  BW - anthrax, botulinum toxin, stapylococcal enterotoxins, clostridium
                perfringens, and ricin.
b.  CW - mustard (HD), sarin (GB), tabun (GA), GF (thickened GB), VX,
                phosgene, BZ and CS,
                1)  The agents HD, GB, GA GF, VX and phosgene, will be in liquid form.
                     BZ and CS will be in a gaseous form, There is also a powdered form
                     of mustard known as "dusty mustard"   [(b)(1) sec 3.4 (b)(1)]
    II.    Delivery Systems
    Iraq has a variety of delivery means for their CW weapons. Little if anything is
    known of possible BW delivery means. Some information indicates that
    botulinum toxins were to be weaponized, however the form of this
    weaponization is unknown.
							Estimated Amount of Agent
	Weapon				     		   and Agent if Known
                    
       82 mm mortar                         			1 Kg
       120 mm mortar                        			5 Kg
       90 mm rocket                     		7 Kg (nerve, mustard)
       122 mm rocket.                   		10 Kg (nerve, mustard)
       130 mm artillery projectile          			24 Kg
       Frog SRBM                            		     175 Kg (nerve)
       Scud SRBM                            		      500 Kg (nerve)
       250 Kg bomb                      		85 Kg (nerve, mustard)
       500 Kg bomb                      		170 Kg (nerve, mustard)
                                                            
DC-97-056

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