Special BDA Study on Iraqi military support production and storage
capability.
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RESPOND TO TASK 3755
PASS TO THE ITF OPS OFFICER
03 FEB 1991 SENT BY [ (b)(6) ]
PURPOSE: Response to ITF Tasker 3755
SUBJECT: Special BDA Study on Iraqi military support production
and storage capability.
1. BDA HIGHLIGHTS - Ammunition Storage
A. Air attacks against Iraqi logistics areas
and general headquarters depots have resulted in no more than a 10
percent loss to the country's ammunition supply inventory. Though
the overall level of ammunition stocks lost will not significantly
degrade the Iraqi capability to fight, several key facilities have
been eliminated or severely damaged.
B. The most significant attack occurred at
Rumaylah SW Ammunition Depot [ (b)(2) ]. Formerly the largest and
best stocked logistics facility in the theater, approximately 125
revetted storage positions were severely damaged or destroyed
resulting in a loss of approximately 10,000 tons of
ammunition [ (b)(2) ] . Rumaylah Southwest, however, is one of
several Iraqi facilities which recently uploaded much of their
stores and dispersed stocks elsewhere.
C. Also in Iraq, 37 ammunition storage
buildings were destroyed at the Tal Al Lahm Ammunition Depot. The
most extensive hit to ammunition storage structures thus far, the
attack on Tal Al Lahm resulted in the loss of approximately 10,000
tons of ammunition. Moderate damage was also inflicted upon
Qubaysah Ammunition Storage Facility, where 4 buildings and 5
bunkers were severely damaged or destroyed.
D. In terms of non-conventional storage
facilities, 12 of 19 special refrigerated bunkers suspected of
storing biological warfare or other heat-sensitive materiel have
been destroyed. The destroyed bunkers are at Salman Pak BW
Production and Storage Facility (2), Karbala Ammunition Storage
Facility (2), Qabitiyah Ammunition storage Facility (1), Ash
Shuyabah Ammunition Storage Depot NE (1), Ad Diwaniyah Ammunition
Storage Facility (2), and An Nasiriyah Storage Facility SW (4).
Additionally, 2 of the 22 S-shaped bunkers suspected of storing
chemical weapons have been destroyed.
E. In Kuwait, air attacks inflicted heavy
damage upon Al Ahmadi Ammunition Depot Mirzaini, where at least 6
ammunition bunkers were destroyed. Damage was also found in Ras
Al Qulayah, where 4 separate storage facilities recorded a total 9
storage buildings hit, and 2 bunkers destroyed.
Cumulative Degradation
The significant losses at Rumaylah Southwest and
Tall al Lahm and Al Ahmadi will affect Iraqi efforts inasmuch as
these facilities were either within or in close proximity to the
theater. However, given the recent redistribution and uploading
of stocks in the theater, this effect will be minimal.
Strategically, the three principal losses and the cumulative total
of lesser losses to the logistics inventory, result in
approximately a 4-10 percent degradation in ammunition stocks.
3. BDA HIGHLIGHTS - Military Production
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
[ b.2. ]
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