SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ON CW AND SCUD ACTIVITY FOR JS
Filename:0603rpt.90a
[ b.2. ] (17 AUG 90 1105) RESPONDS TO TASKER[
(b)(2) ]
CONFIRMED BY [ (b)(6) ]
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ON CW AND SCUD ACTIVITY
FOR JS
IRAQ CHEMICAL ACTIVITY-SPECIAL ASSESMENT
CW STORAGE LOCATIONS KNOWN SCUD LOCATIONS
SHUAYBAH AFLD
TALLIL AFLD
AN NASIRIYAH AMMO STORAGE
AL JARRA AFLD
AL TAQADDIUM AFLD ~ STORAGE
TAJI AFLD ~ STORAGE, R&D, PRODUCTION
H-3 AFLD
KIRKUK AFLD
KIRKUK AMMO STORAGE
QAYYARAH WEST AFLD ~ SCUD R&D TEST
QAYYARAH WEST AMMO STORAGE ~
MOSUL AFLD ~ R&D AND STORAGE
HABBANIYAH ~ STORAGE
SAMARRA PRODUCTION FACILITY
RECENT CW ACTIVITY
HABBANIYAH I - POSSIBLE CHEMICAL PRODUCTION RELATED EQUIPMENT
HAS BEEN [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] ON FLAT BED TRUCKS.
SAMMARA PRODUCTION FACILITY - SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF OFF-
LOADING STAKEBED TRUCKS WITHIN THE FILLING AREA OF THE
FACILITY. THE DOORS OF THE STORAGE AREA WERE CLOSED FOR THE
FIRST TIME SINCE JANUARY.
SHUAYBA AMMUNITION DEPOT - THE CW SQUADRON WAS ACTIVATED AT
THE NEARBY AIRBASE. TRUCKS AT THE AMMUNITION DEPOT LOADED WITH
POSSIBLE CW CANNISTERS NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO THE CW STORAGE
DEPOT.
TALLIL AIRBASE - TRUCKS LOADED WITH POSSIBLE CW MUNITIONS
WERE [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE
CW STORAGE DEPOT.
AL JARRAH - POSSIBLE MUNITIONS HANDLING UNDERWAY AT ONE OF
THE TWO CHEMICAL MUNITIONS STORAGE BUNKERS.
[ b.2. ]
TAJI - TRANSPORT TRUCKS, MISSILE TRANSPORTERS,
DECONTAMINATION VEHICLES STAKE BED TRUCKS, AND TRUCK MOUNTED
CRANES HAVE BEEN [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] LOADED WITH
SRBM RELATED MATERIALS TO INCLUDE WARHEAD CANNISTERS. MOVEMENT
OF THESE MATERIALS HAVE BEEN [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
FOR THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS.
QYBAYSAH STORAGE FACILITY - TRANSPORTER ERECTOR LAUNCHERS
HAVE BEEN PULLED OUT OF STORAGE. TOWED DECONTAMINATION (DDP)
COLOCATED WITH LAUNCHERS.
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
CHEMICAL WARHEADS FOR SSMs
DIA ASSESSES THAT IRAQ HAS CHEMICAL WARHEADS FOR ITS SSMs.
HOWEVER, GIVEN THE POOR ACCURACY OF IRAQ'S MISSILES, THE
EFFECT UPON MILITARY POINT TARGETS WOULD BE QUESTIONABLE. THE
LONGER RANGE SCUD-B VARIANTS PRODUCED BY IRAQ, THE AL HUSAYN
AND THE AL ABBAS, CARRY SMALL CHEMICAL PAYLOADS (ON THE ORDER
OF 80 KG CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT AND 280 KG CHEMICAL WARFARE
AGENT RESPECTIVELY, TO A RANGE OF 600 KM) COMPARED TO 800 KG
FOR THE 300 KM RANGE SCUD-B. TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT
CONTAMINATION AND DISRUPTION TO MILITARY INSTALLATIONS OR
FORMATIONS, A NUMBER OF THESE MISSILES WOULD HAVE TO BE FIRED
ACCURATELY ON TO A GIVEN TARGET. IRAQ MAY LACK THE BEST TYPE
OF CHEMICAL AGENT FOR USE WITH ITS MISSILES. A PERSISTENT
LETHAL AGENT SUCH AS VX OR SOMAN (GD) WITH A THICKENER ADDED
WOULD BE GOOD CHOICES, BUT IRAQ IS NOT KNOWN TO HAVE EITHER
ONE OF THESE AGENTS. THE MOST LIKELY AGENTS FOR SUCH WEAPONS,
AMONG THOSE KNOWN TO BE HELD BY IRAQ, WOULD BE THE SEMI-
PERSISTENT NERVE AGENT, GF, OR THE PERSISTENT VESICANT
(BLISTER) AGENT MUSTARD.
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