Subject: IRAQ CW AND NUCLEAR WARHEAD
Not Finally Evaluated Intelligence
TO FACILITATE ELECTRONIC ACCESS, THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN
REFORMATTED TO ELIMINATE INFORMATION THAT DOES NOT PERTAIN
TO GULF WAR ILLNESS ISSUES OR THAT IS CLASSIFIED. A COPY OF
THIS REDACTED DOCUMENT, IN ORIGINAL FORMAT, IS AVAILABLE ON
REQUEST.
JUN 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-ABBASS 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 1991, IRAQ HAD STOCKPILED ABOUT 150 SRBMS EQUIPPED
WITH CHEMICAL WARHEADS. THESE WEAPONS WERE CONCEALED IN
WOODED AREAS THROUGHOUT IRAQ.
AS OF 1991 IRAQ DID NOT HAVE ANY NUCLEAR WEAPONS DELIVERY
CAPABILITY.
ACQ: (1991).
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