Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
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9. IRAQ.S MOST EFFECTIVE METHOD FOR EMPLOYING CHEMICAL
WEAPONS AGAINST ALLIED WARSHIPS IS FROM AIRCRAFT, ALTHOUGH THE AIR
FORCE HAS NEVER DEMONSTRATED THIS CAPABILITY. THE CHEMICAL AGENTS
AVAILABLE TO IRAQ INCLUDE MUSTARD, DUSTY MUSTARD, SARIN, TABUN, AND
GF WHICH WOULD BE DELIVERED BY AERIAL BOMBS (250 AND 500 KG), OR 90
MM HELICOPTER MOUNTED ROCKETS. IRAQ PROBABLY CAN DEPLOY CHEMICAL
WARHEADS ON ITS ANTISURFACE MISSILES, BUT WOULD PROBABLY NOT USE
ANTISURFACE MISSILES IN THIS ROLE. MUSTARD IS A PERSISTENT
INCAPACITATING BLISTER AGENT. DUSTY MUSTARD IS A NON PERSISTENT
INCAPACITANT. UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS IT CAN PENETRATE STANDARD
CARBON LINED PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. TABUN IS A NON PERSISTING NERVE
AGENT, BUT IS GENERALLY NOT FATAL. SARIN IS ANOTHER NONPERSISTING
NERVE AGENT BUT IS FATAL AND IS TOXIC BY INHALATION, SKIN
ABSORPTION AND INGESTION. GF IS A SEMI-PERSISTENT LETHAL NERVE
AGENT. FOLLOWING THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR BAGDAD POSSIBLY PRODUCED
PERSISTENT NERVE AGENT VX. AGENTS UNDER DEVELOPMENT INCLUDE NERVE
AGENT SOMAN (GD) AND THE PSYCHOCHEMICAL BZ.
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