Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
REPORT ON QUESTIONS REGARDING CW PRODUCTION CAPABILITIES
Filename:72409763
SUBJECT: REPORT ON QUESTIONS REGARDING CW PRODUCTION CAPABILITIES
PATHFINDER RECORD NUMBER: 9763
GENDATE: 950605
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ENVELOPE CDSN = LGX940 MCN = 91241/07756 TOR = 912410554
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HEADER R 290552Z AUG 91
FM JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC
INFO RUEALGX/SAFE
R 261742Z AUG 91
FM DIA WASHINGTON DC//DT-5C//
TO USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI//J22//
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BODY REFS: A. USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI//J22// 011630Z AUG 91
B. DIA WASHINGTON DC//DI-6B// 111845Z APR 91
1. THE FOLLOWING RESPONDS TO QUESTIONS RAISED IN REFERENCE
(A):
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
1.A.2. IRAQI CW AGENT CAPABILITY BY TYPE AND QUANTITY.
ANSWER: DURING DESERT STORM, 90 OF IRAQ'S KNOWN CW
PRODUCTION CAPABILITY WAS DESTROYED, INCLUDING IT'S INDIGENOUS
PRECURSOR PRODUCTION CAPABILITY. IRAQ'S CURRENT PRODUCTION
CAPABILITY IS APPROXIMATELY 180-240 TONS PER YEAR, PROVIDED THEY
CAN GET PRECURSORS AND ADEQUATE ELECTRICAL POWER. THE AGENTS OF
CHOICE ARE SULFUR MUSTARD AND THE NERVE AGENT SARIN. WE ALSO
ASSESS IRAQ TO HAVE SMALL AMOUNTS OF THE NERVE AGENTS GF, AND VX.
ALTERNATE PRODUCTION SITES IN POST DESERT STORM IRAQ HAVE NOT YET
BEEN IDENTIFIED. WE DO NOT EXPECT IRAQ, HOWEVER, TO ACTIVELY
PRODUCE CW AGENT OR MUNITIONS IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
ALL KNOWN OR SUSPECTED CW/BW STORAGE SITES WERE DAMAGED OR
DESTROYED DURING DESERT STORM WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FOUR CRUCIFORM
BUNKERS AT SAMARRA AND TWO 12-FRAMED REFRIGERATED BUNKERS -- ONE
AT
AL DIWANIYAH AMMO STORAGE FACILITY EAST [ b.2. ]
315932N/0450050E AND AT KIRKUK STORAGE AND AMMUNITION DEPOT, [
b.2. ], 352926N/0442524E. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY UNCONFIRMED
REPORTS OF NEW SITES FOR BOTH STORAGE AND PRODUCTION OF CW. [
(b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(2) ].
AS REPORTED IN REFERENCE (B), IRAQ HAS A VARIETY OF CW
DELIVERY SYSTEMS:
MISSILES: SCUD-B, AL HUSAYN, AL ABBAS (LIMITED NUMBERS OF EACH).
AIR DELIVERED: 250KG AND 500KG BOMBS, 90MM ROCKET.
ARTILLERY: 130MM, 152MM, 155MM.
ROCKETS (MRL): 122MM.
MORTARS: 82MM, 120MM.
LAND MINES: PROBABLE
1.C. POSSIBLE EMPLOYMENT/FWD DEPLOYMENT DURING DESERT STORM
ANSWER: IRAQ'S MAIN DELIVERY SYSTEMS FOR CW DURING DESERT
STORM WERE:
MISSILES: SCUD-B, AL HUSAYN, AL ABBAS; AIR DELIVERED: 250-KG AND
500-KG BOMBS AND 90MM ROCKET; ARTILLERY: 130MM, 152MM AND 155MM;
ROCKETS: 122MM MRL; MORTARS: 82MM AND 120MM; LAND MINES: PROBABLE.
DIA HAS NO EVIDENCE THAT IRAQ DEPLOYED CHEMICAL WEAPONS TO
THE KUWAITI THEATER OF OPERATIONS (KTO). DIA BELIEVES THAT IRAQ
FEAR OF SEVERE RETALIATION, WHICH THEY LIKELY BELIEVED INCLUDED
THE FORCED REMOVAL OF HUSAYN FROM POWER, LED TO THEIR RESTRAINT
FROM USING CW OR BW.
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
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