Missiles

UNSCOM and Iraqi Missiles

Iraqi Delivery Systems - 2003 Prewar Estimates

Iraq Survey Group Findings (2004)

Designations		Propellant	Range	IOC	inventory	Comment
Ababil-100		solid	100-150 km			Condor derivative
Al Fat'h		solid	> 150 km			Condor derivative
Al Samoud		liquid	150 km			SA-2 derivative
Al Samoud II		liquid	> 150 km			SA-2 derivative
	Scud-B	liquid	300 km
Al Fahd 300	J-1	solid + liquid	300 km			SA-2 derivative
Al Fahd 500		solid + liquid	500 km			SA-2 derivative
Al Hussein	al-Husayn	liquid	600 km		? 6-50	Scud-derivative
Al Hijarah		liquid	750 km			Scud-derivative
Al Abbas		liquid	900 km			Scud-derivative
Badr-2000	Project 395	solid				Condor II - Egypt & Argentina
Project 144	Project 1728	liquid	2,000 km
Tammuz-1		liquid	2,000 km
Al Abid	Tammuz-2	liquid	3,000 km			space launch vehicle
MiG-21		turbojet	+ 640 km			Converted jet trainer
L-29		turbojet	+ 640 km			Converted jet trainer
Al Musayara-20		piston	500 km			UAV
Al Quds Program		piston/jet	> 150 km			UAV
Al 'Ubur SAM		solid	> 150 km			SAM
Jinin		solid	1,000 km			HY-2 anti-ship cruise missile
Al Faw		solid	>150 km			HY-2 anti-ship cruise missile

Both the Al Abid and Tammouz programmes drew considerably on foreign expertise, particularly from a Brazilian specialist, Major General Hugo de Oliveira Piva. Formerly director of Brazil’s Aerospace Technology Centre and the leader of Brazil’s programme to convert the Sonda IV sounding rocket into a nuclear-capable IRBM, Piva and a 23-man team were hired by Iraq in the late 1980s and were reported to have been assisted by the 'Super Gun' designer Dr Gerald Bull. Piva’s team left Iraq on the eve of the 1990 Gulf War, but it is interesting to note that he has since reportedly offered their services to Iran.

References

• Unresolved Disarmament Issues: Iraq's proscribed weapons programmes UNMOVIC 06 Mar 2003 [PDF 1.42 Mb]
• Iraq's Scud Ballistic Missiles Information Paper Department of Defense Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses July 25, 2000
• Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction: The Assessment of the British Government" September 24, 2002