Request for Info Iraqi SCUDS
Filename:0pgv080.91p
27 JAN 91/2335 HOURS/SENT BY: [ (b)(6) ]
PASS TO DI-6B FOR COORDINATION.
SUBJECT: Request for Info Iraqi SCUDS
1. [ (b)(2) ] has long believed that Iraq possessed the
technological capability to develop a chemical warhead for its
SCUD and modified SCUD missiles. [ (b)(2) ] identified
possible SCUD warhead crates at Samara CW production facility in
late December 1990, and CW warhead testing is believed to have
been conducted in the spring of 1990.
2. [ (b)(2) ] assesses that VX is a possible agent in Iraq's
inventory; however, [ (b)(2) ] does not know if or how it is
weaponized.
3. [ (b)(2) ] does not know if Iraq possesses altitude
fuses.
4. [ (b)(2) ] assesses but cannot confirm that Iraq can use
mustard with the SCUDS.
5. [ (b)(2) ] believes that Iraqi production efforts with
SOMAN were unsuccessful; however, limited quantities of this agent
could be in the Iraqi inventory. Iraq is trying to produce another
semi-persistent nerve agent GF which is easier than SOMAN to
manufacture.
POC: [ (b)(6) ]
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