What happens if a PATRIOT hits a SCUD7
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Subject: What happens if a PATRIOT hits a SCUD7
l. The following is in reply to you question regarding the result
of a patriot missile hit on a scud missile with either mustard,
persistent nerve agent or anthrax warhead:
a. Arming scud missiles with CW or BW warheads is a very
sophisticated procedure. It involves special fusing and
detonation techniques which insure air burst at optimum
altitudes and dispersal patterns with as little destruction of
the agent as possible. Given the delicate nature of this
operation, the inherent volatility of CW agent as well as BW agent
susceptibility to fire, and the extreme violence associated
with a patriot intercept/explosion, we have to assume that
enough agent would be destroyed so as not to cause harmful side
effects.
b. Understanding that not all intercepts result in the complete
destruction of the missile, a more in depth assessment of this
question is probably warranted. However, such a study involves
too many variables to adequately cover in the short turn around
required by this tasker.
2. [ (b)(2) ]
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